Proceedings. 15 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 



Ordinary Meeting, 8th October, 1894. 



Mr. JOHN BOYD, President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. Nicholson drew attention to recent correspond- 

 ence in the press on the shamrock, and stated that 

 the specimens of the plant he had seen in Ireland were of a 

 darker green than those he had noticed in this country. 



Mr. ROGERS described the plant as Trifolium repens, a 

 clover frequently brought to the Manchester markets from 

 Ireland, which, if planted, flowers late in the year. 



Mr. ALLEN suggested that peaty soil, with nitrogenous 

 or ammoniacal constituents, would account for the darker 

 colour. 



Mr. ROGERS exhibited a collection of shells from Coun- 

 ties Sligo and Clare (Ireland), consisting of numerous 

 varieties of Helix nemoralis and H. aspcrsa, showing great 

 variations of colouring. 



