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NATURE NOTES 
47. Frost. — During the dark, foggy and frosty weather which we had before 
Christmas, when everything was covered with rime, we noticed that the telegraph 
wires which run along the railway line near us, which were covered thickly with 
rime, trembled violently ; sometimes one or two were quite still, while all the test 
moved, but generally all were in motion together. 
An old man who has worked on the line for many years told my husband 
that he had never seen it before. Can anyone explain the reason of this ? 
M. S. Young, 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
[Note.— All Announcements with regard to Meetings of the 
Central Society or Branches will be found together at the end 
OF these Notices.] 
New Members. — Central Society — Mrs. Bethell Earle, Peppard ; A. A. 
Goodall, West Dulwich : Mrs. Lacy, Guildford; Mrs. Neil, Belgravia; Miss L. 
R. Thornley, Liverpool. 
Birmingham Branch — Miss L. Elliott, Edgbaston ; Miss Hatgreave, 
Bearwood. 
Clapton Branch — A. B. Hornblower, Esq., Leytonstone. 
Ealing Branch — Miss Jane Grout, Miss Jessy Grout, Richmond. 
Hampstead Branch — C. G. Ballingall, Esq., Hampstead; Miss M. D. 
Bishop, Willesden Green; Macdonald Brown, Esq., M.D., K.R.S.E. ; J. B. 
Carrington, Esq., Hampstead ; Mrs. Shaw Crompton, Haverstock Hill ; H. 
Bellamy Gardner, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C. P., Mrs. H. Bellamy Gardner, 
Portland Place ; L. G. Glover, Esq., M.D. , Hampstead ; Mrs. C. M. Havens, 
Kent ; Dr. Hugh Roger Smith, Fitzjohn’s Avenue ; Henry Wilkins, Esq., Mrs. 
Henry Wilkins, East Heath. 
Subscriptions. — The Council has great pleasure in acknowledging 
subscriptions of greater value than 5s. from the following members ; Lady 
Farrer, ;^2 ; F. W. Ashley, Esq., is.; Rev. A. L. Hussey, £\ is.; Mrs. 
Lowther, ;^i is.; H. Harpur Crewe, Esq., 12s 6d.; Mrs. Broomhead-Colton-Fox, 
los. 6d. ; Miss Broomhead-Colton-Fox, los. 6d.; Mrs. Eden, los. 6d.; Mrs. 
Picton, los. 6d.; Miss E. Brand, los.; Miss J. Brand, los.; C. Burt, Esq., lOs.; 
Thomas Layton, Esq., los.; Mrs. Litchfield, los.; Rev. F. M. Millard, los.; J. 
Rawlings, Esq., los. ; Mrs. E. .Stevenson, los. ; T. D. Timbrell, Esq., lOs.; E. 
D. Vaisey, Esq., los.; Miss Ranker, 7s. fid. ; W. E. Milne-Redhead, Esq., 
7s. fid.; Clifton H. Regnart, Esq., 7s. fid.; Mrs. Congreve, 7s. 
Library. — The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, 
from fi p.m. to fi.30 p.m., on the evenings when the Publications Committee 
meets (at present on the second Monday in the month), for the purpose of issuing 
books to members. 
The Honorary Librarian has pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of “ A 
Gardener’s Year,” by H. Rider Haggard, given by the Editor. 
Farnham Branch. — At the Council Meeting held on January 24th, a 
special vote of thanks was passed to Miss Marindin, who had resigned the 
Honorary Secretaryship of the Farnham Branch owing to the fact that she was 
going to live abroad after her marriage. Mrs. Marindin, of “ Frensham,” 
Farnham, has become Honorary Secretary of the Branch in her stead. 
New Junior Branch. — At the same meeting the warrant constituting 
the Seaford Junior Branch was approved. The Honorary .Secretary is Miss 
Winifred Poole, of “Queen’s Park House,” Seaford, Sussex. 
