5 MAR 1904 



MARCH 1904. 



(PiiijUshaci rst March 1904.) 



No. 566. 



{No. 344 of current series,) 



MONTHLY JOURXAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



T. SHEPPARD, F.Q.S., and T. W. WOODHEAD, F.L.S.; 



M(. si-:!.'M. Hl li. ; J' hCHNii^ Af. Coi.i.kgk, Hri>PERSFiKr.n : 



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J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S., F.E.S., 



PERCY F. KENDALL, F.G.S.. JOHN VV. TAYLOR. 



T. H. NELSON, M.B.O.U., WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



Contents : — i 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated ):— British Kt-main.s at Brouyli, Fossil Plants 

 The Action of Bacteria on Higher Plants- -fr^oi-or .Wisscf, F.L.S.. ]'.M.H. 

 Notes on the Potamogetons of Sir J. E. Smith's Herbarium where localised 



from Yorkshire— --//-^////r Bennett, I'.L.S. 



Neolithic Remains in South Durham (Illustrated) C. 7". I'rechinanu 



The Sheffield Meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union (Illustrated)—?". .V. 



Notes on the Bluebell (Illustrated)- 7. W. WmuVneuiL F.T..S 



Schizophyllutn commune in East York.^hire — /f. .A'. Clu-esman, /•■. A..S. 



Cockroaches in the Neighbourhood of Barnsley— /:". G. Bay/ord ^ 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) . ... 



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