NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



New York 

 Central 



And Hudson River Railroad. 



WESTWARD. 



Stations. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m 



Rochester 8:<J0 10:30 2:20 5:35 10:00 



AlWon 7:00 9:10 11:35 3:25 6:50 11:06 



Lockport 8:05 10:05 12:22 4:20 7:40 12:00 



Susp. Bridge . . 8:45 10:45 1:00 5:05 8:20 12:35 



Niagara Falls. 9:06 10:50 1:10 5:10 8:30 12:45 



Buffalo 8:55 10:55 1:25 5:15 8:45 



EASTWARD. 



Buffalo 6:25 11:00 1:30 5:00 5:3C 



Niagara Falls. 6:35 8:05 11:18 1:40 6:00 



Susp. Bridge . 6:45 S:10 11:25 1:43 6:05 



LOCkport 6:00 7:25 8:50 12:00 2:25 5:55 6:45 



Albion 6:50 8:15 1:00 3:25 6:45 7:50 



Rochester 8:00 9:20 2:05 4:35 9:00 



FLORIDA SHELLS 



In reach of all. Cheaper than the 

 cheapest. Now is the time to start a 

 collection. 



1. Strombus alatus, 2 to 3% inches 4c 



2. Fulgur perversus, 3 to 8 inch 6 



3. Fasciolaria tulipa,2 to 6 inch 8 



4. •' distans, 1 to 3 inches 4 



6. " fllamentosa, 1 to 3 inch 2 



6. Cardium magnum, Sli to 4 inches 6 



7. " muricatum.l'^inch single valves 1 



8. " serratium.l to 2)4 inch 3 



9. Area ponderosa, 2 to 3 inch 3 



10. " noas. lto4inch 3 



11. " floridanum, 2 to 2}<, inch 3 



12. Cytherea (callista) gigautea, 3 to 5 inch. .10 



13. " " maculata, 1 to2% inch 6 



14 Natica duplicata, 1 to 3 inch 2 



15 Chama Arcinella. 1 to 2 inch 5 



16 Dosinia discus. 2 to 4 inch 5 



17 Pholas costatus.3 to 6 inch, double valve. ..15 



18 Murex pomum, 1 to 3 inch 3 



19 " salleanus, 1 to 3 inch 5 



20 Pyrula papyratia, 3 to 5 inch 8 



21 Pecten exasperatus, % to 3 Inch, single 1 



22 Conus Floridanus, % to 1 inch 2 



23 '• tirotcus, 1 to 3 inch 10 



24 Pinna muricata, 4 to 10 inch 8 



25 Lucina edentula. VA to 3 inch, single 2 



26 Cancellaria carolinensis, 1 to l'/S inch 3 



27 Oliva litterata. 1 to 2V 2 _ 2 



28 Anomia ephippium, 1 to 2% Inch 1 



29 Melongena subcoronata, 2 to 6 inch 8 



30 Cerithium eburnum, 1 to 1% inch 3 



31 Turritella. 1 to \V% inch 2 



32 Tellina, V 2 inch 1 



33 Marginella, 14 inch 2 



34 Large liver sea bean, 3c; black banded sea 



bean, 2c; grey sea beans 1 



35 Sea beaver ..15 



36 Conch spawn ribbon, 18 inch to 2 feet _20 



37 Skate eggs 5 



38 Rose coral, shaped like a rose 10 



39 Florida air plants 10 



40 Tarpon scales 2 



$2 15 



Retail price for the above 40 specimens is $2.15 

 by our price list. We will send any one of the 

 above numoered specimens upon receipt of 

 price quoted, or the entire collection, 40 speci- 

 mens, upon reciept of only $1.50. We gather 

 our own shells and gather only first class shells. 

 By comparison our prices will be found a half 

 lower than other dealers, because we are right 

 on the coast and are put to no extra expense. 

 Give me an order and you will be convinced. 

 Send stamp for price list. 



J.C. Baker successor to Baker & Hanson 

 Myers, Lee Co., Florida. 



What is More 

 P PROPRIATE 



FOR A 



Holiday Present 



Than one of my $I.OO or $2.00 



assortments of 



SHOWY SHELLS? 



1 will send you from 4 to 10 kinds as you pre- 

 fer and guarantee satisfaction. Every one 

 carefully labelled and sent prepaid. Address 



Ernest H. Short, Albion, N. Y. 



Relief Maps, 



Systematic Collections, 



FOR SCHOOLS OF ALL GRADES. 

 LANTERN SLIDES, ETC. 



Washington School Collections. 



•^j-S&^ffls^'-'. , i-^Kii^SMSSfcsA. Minerals, Rocks and Invertebrate Animals 

 t Is sale to saj that no collections ot equal excellence have ever before been offered In this country at 

 so low a price ($2 each). Send for circular. 



EDWIN E. HOWELL, 612 17th St., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C 



A Christmas Present* 



My process of mounting and preserving birds, game pieces, deer heads, 

 plaques, etc., with full instructions for work, together with one pound of pre- 

 serving compound, enough for mounting 40 or 50 small birds, or twenty birds 

 the size of a Quail, only 



50 CENTS! 



Over 400 orders in '95. Over 700 pounds of compound sold in '95. 



A first-class Christmas Present and acceptable to all. The holiday season is 

 the best time in the year for amateur taxidermists to practice. 



N. B.— This offer holds good, at this figure, only until December 31, 1895. 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



26 Pages Written Quotations. 



LISTS NOW READY: 



Eggs in Sets, Stuffed Birds, Marine Curios, Land Curios, Foreign 

 Birds and Skins, Mounted Animals and Heads, Odd Stock, 

 Live Birds. 



Over 100,000 Specimens at prices that will surprise you. 



Everyone who has purchased a catalogue from us during the past year is en- 

 titled to a, full copy of above. 



TO NEW PARTIES: —Send 10 cents for our complete catalogue of 



Supplies, Eggs, etc., etc. 



O-Ntf 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER CO., 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



TION! 



ollectors. 



At any time between Thanksgiving and New Years I will fill 

 orders for anything on 



Lattin's "June Bulletin" 



except Postage Stamps and Books at "Lattin's June Bul- 

 letin" price. 



If you have mislaid your copy of Bulletin, write for one at once. 



Faithfully, 

 ERNEST H. SHORT, ALBION, N. Y 



