Northern News. 



of the earlier ones. The present one deals with flowers and inflorescences^ 

 and therefore, from a systematic point of view, is the most useful. The 

 first half consists of twelve chapters dealing with the general morphology 

 and physiology of these organs, and we have here, though much condensed, 

 a great mass of information clearly and simply expressed. The more 

 important points are amply illustrated by excellent fig-ures, and all along- 

 the reader is kept well up to date. This is well shown in the short, but 

 interesting and suggestive chapters on the development, fertilisation, and 

 physiology of the flower, where the more recent work is never lost sight of. 

 In the second half we have a systematic account of the numerous species 

 excellently planned, the margintil references greatly facilitating the use of 

 the book. Here is broug-ht together many interesting points usually over- 

 looked in text-books and floras, and a student who would work through 

 a number of these descriptions, with specimens in hand, and sketch the 

 parts determined would find it excellent practice. Much information is 

 crowded into this volume, and teachers as well as students will find it of 

 great value. A full glossary and very good index are provided. 



The Uses of British Plants. By the Rev. Prof. Henslow, M.A,, 



F.L.S. Lovell Reeve. Pages VI. + 184 with 288 illustrations. 4/6 net. 



For those who wish to obtain readily the derivations and meanings of the 

 names of many of our common plants, tog'ether with their uses, they will 

 find this a handy volume. It is well and carefully got up, and the type and 

 illustrations are clear. The latter are evidently from the blocks of ' Fitch 

 and Smith's Illustrations of the British Flora,' though no reference is made 

 to this in the very brief introduction. 



In the 'Transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical 

 Society' (Vol. 9, Part 2, 1905), Mr. W. A. Vice gives an interesting list of 

 casuals and aliens gathered at Blaby Mills. The annual statement of 

 accounts of the same society shows a balance in hand of over £\\2. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union will be held at 

 Bradford on Saturday, 27th January 1906. 



Mr. R. Standen has a paper on ' Reversed Shells in the Manchester 

 Museum' in the October 'Journal of Conchology.' 



Mr. Porritt informs us that two Huddersfield entomologists have bred 

 30 Abraxas grossnlariata ab. varleyata during" the past two seasons. 



Mr. Harold Wager's address to Section K (Botany) at the British. 

 Association Meeting in South Africa, is printed in ' Nature' for 21st Sept. 



Mr. George Bolam has presented fifty specimens of birds found in the 

 vicinity of Berwick-on-T weed to the Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



The ancient chapel and oak dining--room at Townley Hall, Burnley's 

 Art Galler}' and Museum, have been thrown open to the public, and contain 

 suitable exhibits. 



A pure white Ringdove, with pink eyes, and also a pied Stockdove 

 and Yellowhammer, have been shot and ' obtained ' near Scarborough 

 ('Zoologist,' September). 



An excellent portrait of John Wesley Judd, C.B., F.R.S., etc., appears 

 in the 'Geological Magazine' for September, together with a memoir, 

 forming one of the ' Eminent Living Geologists ' series. 



The Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, S.E., continues to issue its useful 

 Penny Handbooks. The latest deals with the Marine Aquaria, and describes 

 the ingenious arrang-ement there in vog-ue for aerating tanks. 



'Nature' for 31st August contains a brief account of ihe oxju-rinuMits 

 being- made on the Lancashire coast by the officials of ilio L.tiicasbuo 

 and Western Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. The object ot these experi- 

 ments is to improve the condition of the public shell fisheries. 

 1905 November i. 



