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NATURE NOTES 
as her successor, with the following Local Committee : Mr. George Avenell, 
Mr. A. E. Malaher, Mr. Matthew Hunt, Mrs. Martelli, and Mr. Basil W. 
Martin, F.Z.S. 
An arrangement has been made with the Hampstead Scientific Society 
whereby the members of the Branch will be permitted to attend the meetings 
of the Natural History Section cf that Society. These meetings are held on the 
second Friday in each month from December to May, at the Hampstead Library, 
Prince Arthur Road, at 8.30 p.m. 
Selborne Saturday Afternoons : — 
November 9. — Fulham Palace, by kind permission of the Bishop of London. 
Meet Mrs. Percy Myles at the main entrance to the Palace, 2.15 sharp (Members 
only). The Rev. H. P. Cronshaw, Chaplain to the Bishop, has kindly consented 
to act as guide to the Selbornians. By ’bus or District Railway to Putney 
Bridge. 
November 23. — Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, .S.W. (Mineralogical 
Department). Meet Mrs. Percy Myles in the Central Hall at 2.15. Mr. L. 
Fletcher, F.R.S., Keeper of the Department, has kindly consented to give 
a demonstration on “ Minerals.” 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
M. S. Nevinson. — Abelia ckinensis, a most unlikely alien to occur on 
Leith Hill. 
W. J. G-reenwood. — Carduus arvensis, var. setosus, a casual in South 
Britain. The “proper” form, variety, or sub-species, is the type. In the 
example you quote. Orchis latifolia, there is only the one distinct form, O. latifolia 
incarnata, besides the type. 
Mrs. Applebee. — Your plant appears to be Cuscuta Irifolii, previously 
unrecorded for North Devon. Did you notice its being yellower, greener or 
browner in the stem than the commoner species ? 
M. C. — Possibly your canary died of chill, or of something else, and possibly 
other oil might suffice to kill the mites by suffocation ; but I am still assured that 
oil of cloves is a useful remedy. 
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