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NATURE NOTES. 
Jefferies should be erected, and inasmuch as he was a native of Wilts and fond of 
his county, Salisbury Cathedral appeared to be the most appropriate spot for that 
purpose. Mr. Charles Longman, an attached friend of Richard Jefferies, and 
Mr. Walter Besant, the happy author of the “ Eulogy,” regarding the proposal 
with favour, a committee has been formed for placing a marble bust of the Prose 
Poet of the Wiltshire Downs in this grand old cathedral, the Bishop of Salisbury 
and the Dean having most cordially given their assent to this project. The 
estimated cost of this work will be about .£150. It is believed that little diffi- 
culty will be experienced in raising this small fund among the admirers and 
readers of the most remarkable man produced in the diocese of Salisbury for 
many years. ” 
The Wiltshire folk do not seem to have responded as generously to the appeal 
as was anticipated by Mr. Kinglake, and Miss Martelli suggests that some of the 
readers of Nature Notes would probably be glad to show by subscribing to 
this memorial bust, how much they appreciate the boon conferred upon all Nature 
lovers by Richard Jefferies. 
L’ Association pour la Protection des Plantes. — Mr. R. Goodwin 
Mumbray, of Richmond, has kindly sent us the Bulletin de P Association pour la 
Protection des Plantes for 1890, and advises that the Selborne Society should 
become one of the “ Societes qui sont Membres de l’Association.” This has 
already been done at the suggestion of Mr. T. E. Wakefield. In the 1890 
Bulletin we find a very kindly notice of the Selborne Society. Evidently our 
existence was unknown to the Editor in 1889, for the Bulletin for that year has 
an article on “ British Plants ” by A. D. Webbster, in which he deplores the fact 
(or rather the fiction) that no such society has been founded in England. M. 
Webbster’s article is very well-intentioned, but the Genevan printers have so 
utterly mangled it that it forms one of the most amusing examples of “ English 
as She is Wrote ” that we have ever come across. 
Answers to Queries. 
As nobody has answered two queries inserted in the early part of the year by 
E. V. B., I should like to suggest that the blackbird at Huntercombe is getting 
yearly more grey from old age , and that the bee-like fly is the Drone Fly, whose 
proboscis forms one of the most interesting common objects of the microscope. 
G. A. M. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES. 
At the last meeting of the Magazine Committee, the account of the Magazine 
expenses and receipts was presented by Mr. Otter, the Hon* Treasurer, and the 
Committee were pleased to find that, in spite of the large initial expenses con- 
nected with Nature Notes, it is already in a flourishing financial condition. 
This will be very pleasing intelligence to the gentlemen on whose advice the 
venture was determined on to meet an emergency, and specially to Mr. Edward 
King, of Richmond, who was the warmest advocate of the course which has 
been pursued. Meanwhile the difficulty of limited space is becoming more press- 
ing than ever. This month a very large number of communications which we 
would gladly print, have been reluctantly set aside ; and it has not been possible 
to use some pages of matter already in type. Many correspondents recommend 
the raising of the price to 3d., but we should much prefer to be able to per- 
manently increase the size without departing from the present price. To be able 
to do this with perfect safety we must either have more subscribers or special 
contributions to the Magazine Fund. 
To those members who will help us to obtain additional subscribers, we shall 
gladly send programmes of Na’i ure Notes for distribution, and we shall be 
glad to have the names of those who are willing to contribute to the Magazine 
Fund. During the last month we have received the following Wm. 'Whitwell, 
5s. ; C. R. L., 5s. ; G. A. Musgrave, 5s. ; J. S., 5s. ; Tom Brown, ios. ; Mrs. 
General Smith, is. 6d. 
It is particularly requested that subscriptions and letters bearing on the general 
business of the Society, should not be forwarded to the editors, but to the Secretary 
of the Selborne Society, 9, Adam Street, Adelphi. Editorial communications 
should be addressed to the Rev. Percy Myles, i, Argyle Road, Ealing, W. 
