HA RD WICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS, 

 ROCKS, OR FOSSILS, 



For the Use of Students, Science Teachers, Prospectors, &c, and 

 to illustrate the leading Text-books, in Boxes, with Trays. 

 50 Specimens, 10s. 6d. ; 100 do., 21s. ; 200 do., 42s. 



New Price List of Minerals, Rocks, and Stratigraphical Series 



of Fossils Post Free. 

 ROCK SECTIONS for the MICROSCOPE from is. 6d. each, 

 Post Free. 



Cabinets, Glass-Capped Boxes, Trays, Hammers, etc. 



THOMAS jy. RUSSELL, 



78, NEWGATE STREET, LONDON, E.C. 



SPECIAL BOTANICAL SLIDES. 



Stem-Strueture, Cell-Strueture, Cell-Contents, 

 Ovaries, Leaf-Buds, Flower-Buds, &e. 



All the Parts in situ. 



stem st:rttcttt:r,:e. 



T.S. " Selaginella Wildenovii," with Drawings 1/- 



T.S. " Lycopodium clavatum," do. ... ... 1/- 



T.S. "Pteris Aquilina," do. 1/- 



(L.S.) " Pteris Aquilina," do. ... ... 1/- 



T.S. "Zea Mais," do. 1/- 



(L.S.) "Zea Mais," do. 1/- 



T.S. " Cordyline rubra" (Dracaena), do. ... ... 1/- 



Or the Seven Slides with Drawings for 5s. 



ABRM. FLATTERS, 54, Croft-st., Openshaw. 



Special Sets of Apparatus tot* Collectors. 



THE BOTANISTS' OUTFIT— Consists of I Japanned 

 -Collecting Case with Shoulder Strap, Trowel, Drying Paper, 

 3 dozen Chip Boxes for Bulbs, &c. Carriage free, 3/6. 



THE GEOLOGISTS' COMPANION— Consists of i 



Geological Hammer, 1 Chisel, Set of Glass-Top Boxes and 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes. Post free, 3/6. 



THE INSECT HUNTERS^ COMPENDIUM— Consists 



of 1 Leno Net and Stick, i Collecting Box, i oz. Mixed Pins, 

 1 Killing Bottle, 3 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 dozen Setting Needles, 

 1 Setting Board. Post free, 4/9. 



THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' COMPANION — Consists 



of i Butterfly Net and Stick, i Store Box, 10 inch by 8 inch ; 

 i each wide and narrow Setting Boards, 3 dozen Setting 

 Needles, 1 dozen Cabinet Cork, 1 oz. Entomological Pins, 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 Collecting Box, 1 Cyanide Killing Bottle, 

 1 Bottle Cement, 1 Bottle Killing Fluid. Carriage Free, 10/6. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' COMPLETE OUTFIT— 



Consists of i pair Forceps for lifting delicate Eggs, 1 Sheet 

 White Wool, 1 Sheet Pink Wool, 25 Data Tickets, 1 Bottle 

 Cleansing Fluid, 1 Brass Blow Pipe, 1 Glass Suction Pipe, r 

 Glass Blow Pipe, 2 best Steel Drills, 1 Embryo Hook Ivory 

 Handle, 2 dozen Chip Boxes, 2 complete Label Lists, gummed. 

 Post free, 3/-. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' " VADE MECUM "— 



Comprising i Brass Blow Pipe, Glass Suction Pipe. Glass Blow 

 Pipe, 2 Egg Drills, Embryo Hook, Gummed Label List, Hints 

 to Egg Collectors, all in handsome case. Post free, 1/9. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' POCKET COMPANION 



— Contains 2 Blow Pipes, 1 Egg Drill, 1 Embryo Hook, 1 

 Gummed Label List, with full instructions, in box. Post free, 1/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' COMPENDIUM— Contains 



every requisite for Skinning, Preserving, Stuffing, and Mount- 

 ing Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Fish, in a well-made Japanned 

 Case 12^ inches long, with Patent Tumbler Lock and 2 Keys. 

 Contents— 1 Large Skinning Knife, 1 Fine Scalpel with Ebony 

 Handle, 1 Plated Brain Scoop with Hook, 1 pair Bright Steel 



Wire Nippers, 1 pair Stuffing Pliers, 1 Triangular File with 

 Handle, 2 pairs best Steel Scissors, 1 dozen Triangular Needles, 

 1 Pricker with Rosewood Handle, 3 Coils Annealed Wire, 2 

 Bundles Stuffing Tow, 1 Jar Arsenical Soap, 1 Bottle Preser- 

 vative Powder, 2 Tubes of Stain for Feet, 1 Bottle Cement, 

 . 1 Packet Moss, 2 dozen Waxed Leaves, 10 dozen Artificial 

 Eyes, assorted. Carriage free, 21/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' POCKET CASE— Contains 



1 Scalpel, 2 pairs Steel Scissors, i Brain Scoop with Hook, 

 1 File, 1 Pricker, i Tow Pliers, i Wire Nippers, i dozen Tri- 

 angular Needles. Post free, 10/6. 



EGG CABINETS, 4 Drawers, 12/-; 6 ditto, 16/6; 

 7 ditto, 22/6 ; 8 ditto. 30/-. Insect Cabinets, Corked and 

 Glazed, 4 Drawers, 13/6; 6 ditto, 17/6 ; 8 ditto, 33/-. Mineral 

 and Botanical Cabinets, 4 Drawers, 10/6 ; 6 ditto, 15/-; 8 

 ditto. 25/-. 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' APPLIANCES,— Killing Bottles, 



gd., il-, 1/6. Killing Fluid, 6d. Breeding Cages, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-. 

 Store Boxes, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-. Pocket Boxes in Deal, 6d., gd., 

 1/-, 1/6 ; Zinc ditto, gd., 1/-, 1/6, 2/-. Larvae Boxes gd. ; 

 double ditto, 1/-. Cabinet Cork, 1/-, 1/4, 2/- per dozen. En- 

 tomological Pins, mixed, gd. per oz. Setting Needles 3d. each. 

 Steel Forceps, 2/- per pair. Setting Boards, 5^. to 1/6. Setting 

 Houses, 9/6, 1 1/6. Butterfly Nets, Wire Ring and Stick, 2/- ; 

 Cane Ring, 1/8; 3 Joint Folding Net, 3/9; 4 Joint, 4/6. 

 Water Net, 2/6. 



EGG COLLECTORS' APPLIANCES. — Climbing 



Irons with Straps, 5/6 per pair; double Spurs, 7/6. Brass 

 Blow Pipes 6d., Bd., lod. each ; Glass ditto, id., $d. t ^d. Steel 

 Drills, id. , -}d., 6d. Embryo Hooks, id. White Wool, -^d. 

 per sheet ; Pink ditto, $d. Forceps for lifting, gd. per pair. 

 Chip Boxe^, id. per dozen. 



TAXIDERMISTS' APPLIANCES.— Skinning Knives, 

 1/-, 1/6. Fine Scalpels, 1/3. Forceps, 1/6. Scissors, 1/3, 1/9. 

 Prickers, 6d. Brain Scoops, 6d. Wire Nippers, 1/-. Tow 

 Pliers, is. Files, 6d., Arsenical Soap, 1/- per tin. Non- 

 Poisonous Soap, 1/-. Preservative Powder, 1/-. 20 dozen 

 assorted Eyes, 3/6. Tow, &d. per pound. 



A complete Illustrated Price List of Natural History, Post Free, One Penny. 



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CORINTHI A MARAZION. By Ce cil Griffith, Author of " Victor y Deane," &c. 3 vols. 



NE W SIX-SHILL I NG~BO O K S . 

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 IN THE MIDST OP LIFE : Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. By Ambrose Bierce. 

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 THE MAN PROM MANCHESTER. By Dick Donovan. With 23 Illustrations by J. H. Russell. 

 GREEN AS GRASS. By F. M. Allen, Author of " Through Green Glasses," &c. [Shortly. 

 THE JUNIOR DEAN. By Alan St. Aubyn, Author of " A Fellow of Trinitv." IS/iortly. 

 COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT, and SOME OTHER PEOPLE. By Bret Harte. 



With Frontispiece by Fred. Barnard. 

 IN A STEAMER CHAIR, and other Shipboard Stories. By Robert Barr. 



ADVENTURES OF A FAIR REBEL. By Matt. Crim. With a Frontispiece by Dan. Beard. 



FIFTY YEARS AGO. By Walter Besant. With 144 Plates and Woodcuts. Cheaper Edition, revised, 



with a new Preface. Crown 8vo., cloth extra, 5s. 



CHARLES LAMB'S COMPLETE WORKS, including "Poetry for Children" and "Prince Dorus." 

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