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[September, 
Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tas- 
mania for 1880, Hobart Town : Mercury Office. 
We find here not a few fadts of interest placed on record. Thus 
there are given the times of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a 
few plants, as observed in the Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, 
from January to September inclusive. Black mulberries ripen in 
January, and peaches in February. The leaves of the ash and 
the oak begin to fall at the end of March. Pyrus Japonica 
flowers in June, and the yellow crocus in July ; the apricot, 
poplar, and elm flower about the end of August, and the horse- 
chestnut in September. 
Mr. F. McCoy and Mr. C. Gould notice the existence of large 
animals, probably seals, in the upland lakes of Tasmania, and 
suggest that the mysterious “ bunyip ” of the Australian natives 
is merely a seal of the group having external ears. 
A paper entitled “ Introductory Notes to the Natural History 
of Tasmania,” by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.L.S., &c., 
is mentioned as having been read, but unfortunately is not 
inserted. 
Mr. F. M. Bailey contributes an elaborate paper on the 
“ Lichens of Queensland,” in which their tindtorial properties 
are not overlooked. 
The Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods read a paper on “ Some Intro- 
duced Plants of Australia and Tasmania.” It is curious to learn 
that the common sweet-brier has become a rampant and for- 
midable weed ; so have the cochineal cadtus, and one, or perhaps 
two, of its kindred. The common European furze is very abun- 
dant in Tasmania, but is not found on the Australian mainland. 
The American butterfly Danais erippus occurs all over Australia, 
and has been seen far out at sea in immense flights. It will 
probably become almost cosmopolitan. 
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution , showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition 
of the Institution for the year 1880. Washington : Govern- 
ment Printing-Office. 
This volume, in addition to the usual formal matter, contains a 
very copious and elaborate synopsis of the scientific writings of 
Sir W. Herschel. 
There is also what may be called a directory of astronomical 
observations. It was the wish of the Council of the Smithsonian 
