n8 Proceedings. 



^Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 

 Ordinary Meeting, January 14th, 1895. 



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



Mr. Thomas Hick, B.Sc, B.A., was elected an Associate 

 of the section. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited a collection of stone implements, 

 shells, beads, and seeds, arranged as ornaments, from the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Mr. Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., exhibited cones of pine 

 trees planted along the west coast of France, from Bordeaux 

 to Pau, to prevent the shifting of the sand dunes ; specimens 

 of Helickrysum stcechas, a plant growing in these pine 

 forests; and the fruit of the Magnolia, from the same district. 



Mr. Thos. Rogers, exhibited three species of land 

 shells from Lord Howe Island, Australia, one being named 

 after Mr. Whitelegge, a naturalist, formerly of Manchester, 

 viz. : — Helix Whiteleggii, H. How-insula, Nanina Sophia ; 

 also shells from New South Wales, viz. : — Rhytida confusa, 

 Helix globosa, and a very rare Cyprcsa tesseleta, from the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



