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be accomplished. Negotiations are in progress with a view to joint meetings 
and excursions, and a successful issue is to be expected. The chief event so far 
has been an illustrated lecture by Dr. Vos, of Tottenham, on Spiders. The Hon. 
Secretary is Mr. C. H. Cox, B.Sc. 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
Council and Committee Meetings. 
Monday , February 12. — Publications Committee, at 5.30 p.m. 
Tuesday , March 27. — Council Meeting, at 5.30 p.m. 
Winter Meetings of the Society. 
Saturday , February 17. — Visit to Westminster School, by permission of the 
Head Master. Assemble at 2.30 p.m. at the school porch in Little Dean’s Yard, 
which can be reached either from the Cloisters or from Dean’s Yard. 
N.B . — The party is restricted, and only those provided with tickets can 
be admitted. These, up to the number prescribed, can be obtained from the 
Society’s Excursions Secretary, Mr. H. H. Poole, 16, Heathcote Street, W.C. 
Send stamped addressed envelope. Members only. 
Saturday , February 24. — St. John’s Church and Gate, Clerkenwell. Meet 
at the Church in St. John’s Square at 2.30 p.m. Guide, Mr. H. W. Fincham, 
who will give an address. 
Saturday , March 3. — Visit to an Ivory, Mother-of- Pearl and Tortoiseshell 
Warehouse. Meet at Mr. M. Myers’ Warehouse, 1, George Street, Tower Hill 
(close to Mark Lane Station), at 2.30 p.m. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. C. T. B. — The fullest account, so far as British plants are concerned, is 
in '‘Botanical Names for English Readers.” By R. H. Alcock ; Heywood 
(1884). Reference may also be made to Mr. Jackson’s “Glossary,” recently- 
reviewed in these pages, or to Theis, G/ossaire de Botanique (Paris, i8ig). 
Ida Roper. — An old specimen of S'ereum hirsutum gone mouldy. 
S. V. Body. — Parrolia fersica, the Persian Iron-tree, a member of the 
Hamamelidctz , generally blossoming in February. 
M. Teesdale. — The true “ Rose of Jericho,” and “the rolling thing before 
the whirlwind” of Psalm Ixxxiii. 13, and of Isaiah xvii. 13, is probably 
Anastatica: “Semper viva” is probably a made-up shop name; and the plant 
figured is apparently Selaginelia convolula, S. mvolvens or .S'. lepidophylla. 
The passage about canker and cancer is, like the report of Mark Twain’s 
death, “greatly exaggerated.” There is only a remote analogy between the two 
things. The Pyrenomycetes are not heteroecious, and certainly Nectria is 
innocent. 
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