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mantle are emblazoned the arms of Brome : sa., on a chev. 
arg. three broom sprigs vert., quartering Arundell sa., six 
hirondelles, arg., 3. 2. 1. 
The kirtle appears to be emblazoned ermine. 
It is supposed by a writer (the Bev. Father Norris) in The 
Oscotian, Yol. IV., No. 15, Dec., 1885, that “it is a memorial 
of Elizabeth Arundell who married Nicholas Brome, or of 
their daughter Constance who married Sir Edw. Ferrers.” 
The figure has been prepared by coarse hatching to receive 
enamel or some resinous composition, to express the sable 
tincture, but no traces of colouring matter remain. 
WEOXALL. —A lady. Circ. 1430. Haines. 
This effigy, 2ft. lin. long, is now in the possession of 
J. B. Dugdale, Esq., of Wroxall Abbey, who kindly allowed 
the writer to make a rubbing. The lady wears that develop¬ 
ment of the crespine head-dress, called the horned head-dress, 
which arose from the side cauls of the former being so 
enlarged that the outer edges stood above the forehead. Over 
this is thrown a kerchief which falls upon the shoulders. 
Over her kirtle the lady wears a long gown with falling 
collar. It is girt under her breasts, and has very deep sleeves, 
close and edged with fur at the wrists. A precisely similar 
figure will be found in Haines, p. 210. 
The brass is “ said to have been originally in Brailes 
Church, but no matrix corresponding to it remains there.” 
Haines. 
THE PEINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY.* 
BY HERBERT SPENCER. 
Exposition of Part IV., Chapters VI. to Nil. 
“ The Morphological Composition of Plants.” 
BY w. HILLHOUSE, M.A., F.L.S. 
[Abstract.] 
The subject of these chapters is the progressive differ¬ 
entiation of plants, either as wholes, or as to their several 
members considered separately. The ability to approach the 
subject at all is dependent upon the possibility of defining 
vegetable forms 'per se, and of strictly correlating the modi¬ 
fications to which their members are subject. From a priori 
* Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, Socio¬ 
logical Section, Dec. 17th, 1885, and Jan. 21st, 1886. 
