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hore. As the wave proceeds, the water recedes from the shore, and then 
the bore rushes on the land with tremendous violence. 
A further conclusion of the Author is, that in order to produce elevation 
of a thickened part of the crust, a continuous accumulation of force would be 
required, and then fissures would be produced. Also, that an instantaneous 
generation of great force would not be capable of producing those results of 
elevation and dislocation. 
Mr. Hopkins concludes by discussing the requisites for instruments to be 
-employed in making the proposed observation. 
IX 
Notes on a Novel Application of Tea Leaves, 
By a Lady Associate of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, 
Read by the Honorary Secretary at the General Meeting, Nov. 4th, 1869. 
The authoress ventures to offer the few following notes, because she 
presumes it to be the duty of all who belong to the Society, to mention 
whatever may come under their notice, that is new to themselves and may be 
equally so to others. 
In the early spring of this year, some plants which had been brought into 
the house the previous autumn were drooping, and failing in vigour and 
freshness. Instead of the leaves and stalks having a healthy appearance and 
rich green colour, they had the sickly yellow hue, indicative of something 
wrong. Geraniums and Fuschias were equally affected and much anxiety 
was felt, lest all should perish before the disappearance of frost would allow 
them to be again placed in the open air. All the usual applications were 
tried, such as solution of guano, or sulphate of ammonia in the proper 
amount of water, but without any beneficial result. 
Being "au desespoir," a young servant from the country recommended the 
application of cold weak tea, a small quantity of which was accordingly 
poured over the plants, and the spent leaves placed on the surface of the soil 
of some of the most sickly looking Geraniums. The result was something 
marvellous. In the course of four and twenty hours, the plants seemed to 
receive new life, and in a few days the whole, (about 70) to the utter 
astonishment and intense gratification of the observer, underwent a most 
remarkable change. They seemed to possess new vigour, and the yellow 
