4.6 



Book Notice. 



rare plant obtained here was Tcucrinm Scordhmi. It f^rovvs 

 in the central depression of a large green meadow, which now 

 presented the appearance of a broad lake. However, this was 

 an excuse for a bathe, and the plant was speedily obtained from 

 under three feet of water. A few miles of walking over the 

 ' crag ' country brought us at last to the welcome cars, and 

 darkness had long fallen ere we reached Ardrahan. 



Our last day opened threatening, and rain was soon falling 

 heavily. But with the faith of naturalists, we took the morning 

 train to Gort, and tramped out to the interesting ecclesiastical 

 ruins — cathedral, churches, and round tower — of Kilmacduagh, 

 and thence northward to the woods and turloughs of Garry- 

 land, where we were rewarded by a gloriously fine afternoon. 

 The woods of Garryland are mainly natural, with much Oak, 

 Ash, and Hazel, and also Birch, Yew, Mountain Ash, Holly, etc ; 

 the whole fringed in places with a remarkable scrub of Juni- 

 penis nana. The woods excited much interest and keen dis- 

 cussion, and some hours were profitably spent in them. Garry- 

 land Lake also came in for a share of attention, and the curious 

 flora of the turloughs was studied. These turloughs are 

 depressions in the limestone, which are lakes in winter, and dry 

 pasture in summer. Owing to the deposition of sediment, they 

 present the appearance of expanses of the freshest grass, and an 

 interesting zoning of the constituent plants may be observed. 

 The winter high water-mark is clearly shown by the sudden 

 incoming of Rosa spinosissima, Juniperus nana, etc., backed by 

 scrub and wood. We lingered long about this picturesque and 

 interesting place, and then strolled back to Gort for a cup of 

 tea before train time. Next morning we left for Dublin and 

 the duties of the British Association meeting, and so closed a 

 trip in which purely botanical interest was supplemented by a 

 great variety of scenery and of physical conditions, and made 

 doubly enjoyable by the scientific enthusiasm and hearty 

 good-fellowship which prevailed. 



Modern Lithology : Illustrated and Defined, by Ernest Howard 

 Adye. Edinburg-h : W. and A. K. Johnson, Ltd. 128 pp. 



In this handy volume the author gives a large number of typical rock 

 sections, beautifully coloured, shewing their appearance under ordinary 

 conditions, and under polarised light. With each is a clear description (.f 

 the different minerals, etc. visible on the slide. The book is evidently 

 prepared for the use of University, Technical and Civil Service students, 

 and is arranged so as to meet their requirements. There is a good list 

 of .works worth consulting, a well -prepared index, and an extensive and 

 valuable glossary of terms used. 



Naturalist; " 



