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127. New (?) Orchid on the French Riviera. — .Amongst the many 
wild plants which add beauty and interest to the flora of the Mediterranean 
littoral the orchidaceous ones are certainly not the least. I enclose a sketch of 
a white variety, which a botanical friend has named Serapias cordtgera alba. I 
found it during May, about a mile from the sea in the bay of Cavalaire. Is it 
new or rare ? 
Thomas Pole. 
[Not new, but certainly rare. — El)., A^. .V.] 
ASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR AUGUST. 
Mercury will be visible about an hour before sunrise, near the middle of the 
month. Very near Jupiter on the Illh. 
Mars will coniiriue brilliant in the Southern sky. 
Jupiter will be a morning star, rising nearly three hours before the Sun at 
end of month. 
Saturn will rise at 9.30 p.m. on the 1st, and at 7.30 p.m. on the 31st. 
Shooting Stars will be very numerous between the lOth and 13th. 
A Small Comet will be visible in the morning sky. 
W. F. D. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
[Note. — All Announcements with regard to Future Meetings of 
THE Central .Society or Branches will be found together at the 
END OF THESE NOTICES.] 
New Members. — The following members stand for election ; Central 
Society. — Ernest J. Biown, Esq. ; H. Cecil, E-q. ; C. H. Crinling, E.sq. ; Miss 
A. Hick ; Mi.ss Mary A. Hollingsworth ; the Rev. A. C. Holti.ouse. 
Eahng Branch. — William Moore, Esq. 
Subscriptions. — The Council has pleasure in acknowledging subscriptions 
of greater value than 5s. from the following members : Ernest Beck, Esq., £1 is., 
and Robert Jones, Esq., M.D., £i is. 
Library. — The Honorary Librarian has pleasure in announcing the following 
additions to the Library ; — “ Familiar Trees,” 3 vols, by Professor G. S. Boulger, 
kindly presented by the Editor; White’s ‘"Natural History and Antiquities of 
Selborne.” Bennett’s edition, 1837, purchased by the Society. 
The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, from 6 p.m. to 
6.30 p.m., on the evenings of August 19 and September 16, for the purpose of 
issuing books to members. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Birmingham Branch . — A Botanical excursion to Droitwich was arranged for 
Saturday, July 6. Only a small number of members met at New Street Station, 
owing to the uncertainly of the weather. It, however, cleared up, and a very 
fine afternoon was spent along the canal banks between Droitwich and Salwarpe. 
Mr. John Humphreys kindly acted as guide, and pointed out many interesting 
plants growing in the district. Tea was pnwided at Droitwich, and after 
climbing the hill to the old Church, the party returned to Birmingham. 
