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being known to some of the 

 members. It was resolved that 

 certain scientific publications should 

 be taken in by the Society for 

 circulation among the members. — 

 H. Franklin Pahsons, M.D,, Sec. 



HUDDBRSFIELD BOTANICAL 



S o c I E T Y. — At the usual monthly 

 meeting held on the 21st of Novem- 

 ber, a considerable number of plants 

 were exhibited, both in fruit and 

 flower, amongst them being Aster 

 Tripolium (Canal Bank, Slaithwaite, 

 probably an escape from a garden). 

 Galeopsis versicolor, G. Tetrahit, 

 Juncus diffusus Hoppe, Linaria 

 Gymhalaria, Sonchus arvensis, 

 Veronica Buxhaumia, Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus, very full of fine fruit. 

 After Messrs. John Shaw and E. 

 Taylor had examined and verified 

 the plants exhibited, Mr. E. Taylor 

 gave a short but very concise 

 description of different varieties of 

 roots of plants, and their uses in the 

 economy of nature. The lecture 

 was illustrated by a diagram of 

 twelve different kinds of roots. — 



J. TiNDALL. 



HUDDBRSFIELD ^ ' NaTURALISTS' 



Society. — Meeting Nov. 22nd7the 

 president, Mr. G. T. Porritt, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Edward Taylor 

 presented to the Society a fine 

 mounted specimen of the curlew 

 {Numenius arquata). Mr. Lister 

 Peace presented a collection of 

 local birds' nests and eggs. The 

 Rev. P. H. Jennings, M.A., of 

 Gravesend, sent a box of beautiful 

 specimens of Epunda lutulenta and 

 Xanthia aurago, for distribution 

 amongst the lepidopterists of the 



Society. Mr. George Brook pre- 

 sented to the library three volumes 

 of Professor Owen's " People's 

 Lectures," &c. Votes of thanks 

 were accorded to the various 

 donors. After the ordinary busi- 

 ness, Mr. S. L. Mosley read a 

 paper on " Entomology in 1875." 



HUDDERSPIELD NaTURALISTS' 



Society. — The annual meeting of 

 the above Society was held on 

 Saturday, 4tli December ; the presi- 

 dent, Mr. Geo. T. Porritt in the 

 chair. The secretary read the 

 report for the year, from which it 

 appears that the Society is in an 

 active and healthy condition. New 

 branches of study have been taken 

 up by the members, while the older 

 and more favourite ones are con- 

 stantly gaining ground. The cash 

 account shows a balance of £31 12s. 

 9d. in favour of the Society, and 

 the museum and library are esti- 

 mated in value at £213. After this 

 follows a list of the papers read 

 during the year, which call for the 

 thanks of the committee to • their 

 authors. They also tender their 

 hearty thanks to Alfred Beaumont, 

 Esq., Edward Brooke, Esq., F.G.S., 

 W.Oash, Esq. (Manchester), Messrs. 

 Lister Peace, Edward Taylor, Geo. 

 Brook, and C. P. Hobkirk, for 

 /having so generously added stan- 

 dard works to the library, and 

 valuable specimens to the museum. 

 The library report shows an increase 

 in the number of books circulated, 

 being chiefly in the sciences of 

 botany and conchology. Amongst 

 the many evidences of progress 

 during the year, a Natural History 

 Magazine has again been com- 



