THE 



MUSEUM GAZETTE. 



No. 9. JANUARY, 1907. Vol. i. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 

 We submit to our readers the appended plate (see Frontis- 

 piece), without any description, and invite those of them who 

 incline to do so, to send us the result of their careful inspection 

 of the various figures. The letters on the skulls are applied 

 in each to corresponding bones. What is asked for is not a 

 mere identification but a description of what is shown. It is 

 not indeed necessary that the name of the animal should be 

 given. To all who send in meritorious descriptions of the 

 plate the offer will be made that they should select to the 

 value of 10s. from our lists of books and specimens. It is, of 

 course, a condition that the name of the candidate shall have 

 been previously enrolled as a subscriber to the Gazette. A 

 description of the plate will be given two months hence. 



The curious and astonishing facts as to what is named 

 Symbiosis which were referred to in our notes on the Potato 

 Disease some months ago will again claim our attention 

 shortly. They constitute one of the most important amongst 

 many recent additions to our knowledge of the marvels of 

 plant life. We have adduced them repeatedly in lectures, at 

 our Museum and other places, in their relations, not only to 

 vegetables, but also to the biology of man and other animals. 

 One of the most interesting drawings in our collection was 

 made some years ago in order to illustrate the fact that the 

 presence of a parasitic fungus in certain thistles makes the 

 affected plants grow faster than the healthy ones. By Sym- 

 biosis is meant united life ; the continued and apparently 

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