HARD WICKE'S S CIENCE- G O SSIP. 



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WATKINS AND DONCASTER, 



Naturalists and Manufacturers of Entomological Apparatus and Cabinets. 



N.B. — For Excellence and Superiority of Cabinets and Apparatus, references are permitted to 



distinguished Patrons and Colleges, &°c. 



Plain Ring Nets, Wire or Cane, including stick, 1/8, 2/-, 2/3. 

 Folding Nets, 3/9 and 4/6. 

 Umbrella Nets, 7/6 (self-acting). 



Pocket Boxes, -/6 ; corked both sides, •/g, 1/-, and 1/6. 

 Zinc Relaxing Boxes, -fg, 1/-, 1/6, and 2/-. 

 Nested Chip Boxes, 4 dozen, -/8. 1/10 per gross. 

 Entomological Pins, mixed, 1/- per oz. (white or black). 

 Sugaring Lanterns, 2/6 to 10/6. 

 Sugaring Tin, with brush, 1/6, 2/-. 

 Mite Destroyer (not dangerous to use), 1/- per oz. 

 Store Boxes, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-, and 6/-. 



Ditto, Book Pattern, 8/6, 9/6, and 10/6. 

 Setting Boards, flat or oval, i-in., -/6 ; ii-in., -/8 ; ii-in., -/g ; 

 2-in., -/10; 2i-in,, 1/-; 3-in., 1/2; 3+-in., 1/4; 4-in., 1/6; 

 4i-in., 1/7 ; 5-in., 1/8. Complete set of 14 boards, 10/6. 

 Setting Houses, 9/6 and 11/6 ; corked back, 14/-. 

 Zinc Larva Boxes, -/g, 1/-. 

 Breeding Cage, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-, and 7/6. 



tTaxidermist's Companion, i.e. a pocket leather ease, containing 

 most useful instruments for skinning, 10/6. 

 Scalpels, 1/3 ; Label Lists of Birds' Eggs, -/3- 

 Scissors, per pair, 2/-. 



Coleopterist's Collecting Bottle, with tube, 1/6, 1/8. 

 Botanical Cases, japanned, double tin, 1/6, 3/6, 4/6, 5/6. 

 Botanical Paper, 1/1, 1/4, 1/9, and 2/2 per quire. 

 Insect Cases, imitation mahogany, 3/6 to 11/-. 

 Cement for replacing Antennas, -/6 per bottle. 

 Forceps for removing Insects, 1/6, 2/- per pair. 

 Cabinet Cork, 7 X 3*, best quality, 1/4 per dozen sheets. 

 Pupa Diggers, 2/6. Insect Lens, 1/- to 8/6. 

 Glass Top Boxes, per dozen, 1/8, 2/-, 2/6. 

 Glass-bottomed Boxes, per dozen, 1/9, 1/10, 2/-, 2/6. 

 Egg Drills, -/3, 1/- ; Metal Blow-pipe, -/j. 

 Setting Needles, 6d. per box. 



Our New Label List of British Macro-Lepidoptera, with Latin and 

 English Names, 1/6. Our New Catalogue of British Lepidop- 



tera (every species numbered), 1/- ; or on one side for Labels, 2/-. 

 All Articles enumerated are kept in stock, and can be sent immediately on receipt of order. 



For Sale, a large Assortment of Healthy Pupae of both British and Foreign Butterflies and Moths. 



CABINETS. Special Show Room. 

 The following are the prices of a few of smaller sizes : for measurements and larger sizes see Catalogne. 



Insect. Eggs, 



4 Drawers .... 13/6 .... 12/- 

 6 , 17/6 .... 16/6 



A LARGE STOCK 



Minerals and Dried 

 Plants, Fossils, &c. 

 .... IO/6 



.... ISA 



8 Drawers 



10 



OF INSECTS 



Insect. Eggs. 



• 33/- •••• 3% 

 45/- .... 56/- 



AND BIRDS 



Minerals and Dried 

 Plants, Fossils, &c 

 .... 2 5 /- 



.... 45/- 



' EGGS. 



Birds, Mam?nals, d^c, Preserved and Mounted by First-class workmen. 



36, STRAND, W.C. (Five Doors from Charing Cross). 



WORKS BY RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



Post 8vo., cloth limp, 2s. 6d. each. 



NATURE NEAR LONDON. 1 THE LIFE OF THE FIEL DS. I THE OPEN AIR. 



THE EULOGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES. By Walter 



BESANT. Second Edition. With a Photograph Portrait. Crown Svo., cloth extra, 6s. 



LONDON: CHATTO AND WINDUS, 214, PICCADILLY, W. 



CLEARANCE SALE OF 4,000 PREPARATIONS. 

 PRICES REDUCED FROM FIFTY PER CENT. TO SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT, 



RECENT TESTIMONIALS. 



"Received Slides, ™hich exceed my expectations as regards beauty, finish, distinctness, and value." — J. B. Groom, Esq., St. PauVs Schools, Maidstone. 

 I must thank you for the very beautiful slides you have forwarded to me ; they are extremely satisfactory, and leave nothing- to be desired." — Leonard Stevenson, 

 Esq., People's College Schools, Nottingham. "Your slides are excellent." — Geo. J. Lee, Esq., F.R. M.S., KirnberUy, South Africa. "The preparations have 

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Set A, 24 Slides, Stained and Injected Preparations from Man and Price. 



Lower Animals 15/- 



Set B, 24 Slides, do. do. do. 15/- 

 Set C, 24 Slides, do. do. from the Frogs, Rana 



temporaria . • • . . . ■ . . . 15/- 

 Set D, 24 Single and Double-Stained Preparations, illustrating the 



Growth and Physiology of Plants 15/- 



Set E, 24 Single and Double-Stained Preparations, illustrating the Price. 



Growth and Physiology of Plants 15/- 



Set G, 24 Slides, Miscellaneous, including six Sections of Echinii 

 Spines, Double-Stained Plant Sections, choice Carmine 

 Injections, Polycistina, Foraminifera, Insects. This is an 

 exceptionally choice set ....... 17/6 



Set K, 30 Slides, carefully prepared Plant Sees., &c, illustrating 



Bower and Vines' " Practical Botany." 20/ • 



Packed in Kaekwood Boxes and sent Free by Parcel Post. 

 Nearly all the above-named slides make charming Photo-Micrographs; and their exquisite beauty eminently adapts them for exhibition at Soirees and 

 Parties, by means either of the Microscope or Lantern-Microscope. 



No slides will be sent on approval ; but remittance -will be retur?ied in full for slides which are not of the standard of excellence above denned. 



ARTHUR J. DQHEBTY, 63, Burlington Street, Manchester. 



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