TO THE NATUEAL HI3T0EY SOCIETY. 289 



A parcel of Hyacinth, Crocus, and other bulbs, for planting in the 

 grounds. Master Albert Knothe. 



Walking Stick, made of the New Zealand climbing plant Ho-ro-e-ka, 

 with its leaf. Mr. Geo. Burnett, per Mr Hancock. 



Several small specimens of Recent Wood. J/r. Wm. Dinning. 



Specimen of Wood (coniferous), with fern-shaped burrows of an 

 insect, from Tierra del Fuego. Mr. Henry Hohbs. 



1886. Two specimens of Souari Nut purchased in London, native of Tropi- 



cal America. Mrs. Watson, Millfield House. 



Two specimens of Gum from Kauri Pine, New Zealand. 



Mr. E. B. Reynolds, Edinburgh. 



Gum from Auracaria imbricata, Oatlands. Mr. John Hancock. 



Specimens of the following rare Plants : — 



Pyrola rotundifolia, Newnham Bog. 



Corallorhiza innata, ,, ,, 



Centunculus minimus, Ross Links, Northumberland. 



Viola Curtisii, „ ,, 



Zostera nana, Fenham Flats. 



Polygala uliginosa, = (P. amara, L.) Cronkley Fell. 



Helianthemum vineale, = (^H. canum, E. B.) „ „ 



Carex Kattegalensis, Wick River, Caithness. 



Rev. H. E. Fox, Durham. 



Four pieces of Vanilla, Vanilla aromatica, from the Seychelles. 



Mr. H. C. Swan. 



Specimen of Kauri Gum. Mr. A. Brown, 22, Park Road. 



1887. Fruit of Mangosteen, Garcinia Mangostana. Mr. J. Hancock. 

 Portfolio of Natal Ferns, 60 species, from the vicinity of Pieter- 



maritzburg, Natal. Henry C. Burnup, Esq., Pietermaritzburg. 

 Flower of an Orchid preserved by Scott Wilson, Esq. 



Miss Mary Hancock. 



FOSSILS. 



1879. A specimen of Trigonia Lingonensis, from the Middle Lias Iron- 

 stone, Eston Mines, Loftus, Yorkshire. 



Mr. Thos. Bailes, Newcastle. 

 Another specimen of Trigonia Lingonensis, from the same locality. 



Mr. Geo. Lee, Eston. 



A collection of Coal-measure Plants, etc., collected by the late Rev. 



G. C. Abbs, Cleadon. Henry Abbs, Esq. 



A specimen of Fossil-wood, from a sandstone quarry at Byker ; 



also a specimen from a quarry at Benton Square. 



Mr. Joseph Taylor, Shiremoor Colliery. 

 V 



