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The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, from 5.30 p.m. 
to 6 p.m., on the evenings of October 19 and November 16, for the purpose 
of issuing books to members. 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
Council and Committee Meetings. 
Monday, October 19. — General Purposes Committee at 5.30 p.m. 
Monday, November 16. — General Purposes Committee at 5.30 p.m. 
Tuesday, November 24. — Council Meeting at 6 p.m. 
Essex Field Cluh Fungus Foray. — The date of this is not yet fi.xed. 
Members who wish to attend should at once send a stamped and addressed 
envelope to Mr. Hubert H. Poole, 16, Heathcote Street, Mecklenburgh 
Square, W. C. 
Winter Excursions will commence in November, as usual. 
South-Eastern Union: Cryptogamic Section. — The first Cryptogamic 
Meeting, ( pen to all subscribers to the Union, will be held at Tunbridge Wells 
on Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10. The Honorary Secretary is Dr. 
George Abbott, 4, Rusthall Park, Tunbridge Wells. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mrs. Hodgson. — I can find no record of white-fruited whortleberries 
{Vaccinium myrtillus), which are quite new to me. Please let me knowhow 
many plants were found bearing them, and notice whether they do so next year. 
W. A. Shaw. — Hibiscus Trionum L., a malvaceous (xtrnfield weed, native 
to the Mediterranean area, but common in Eastern Europe, whence it comes 
with foreign corn. 
F. A. Cox — The alleged luminosity of one or more owls, presumably Strix 
flarnmea, in Norfolk, remains unexplained. We understand that a specimen was 
sent to the Natural History Museum for examination, but without its feathers. 
The matter was dealt with in our February and March issues. 
E. N. Gibbs. — The immature fruits appear to be those of a species of 
HLsctilus. Leaves, flowers or ripe fruit would make it possible to determine the 
species with certainty. 
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2. The return of an unaccepted contribution can only be guaranteed when it 
is accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. The Editor cannot 
undertake to name specimens privately, to return them, or to reply to questions 
by letter. 
3. All communications for any number must be in the Editor’s hands by the 
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4. Communications for Nature Notes (for which no payment is made), 
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Professor G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., ii, Onslow Road, Richmond, Surrey. 
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cations for membership should be sent to the local Honorary Secretary, or to the 
Honorary General Secretary of the Society, Wilfred Mark Webb, F. L.S., at 
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