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*f Fagopyrum esculentum. Tab. 24. Avon, Severn, Lickey. Not 
native. 
* Daphne Mezereum. 84, Little Skelsley. See also Add. and Corr. 
Tab. 25. Avon, extinct; Malvern.' 
* D. Laureola. 72, Malvern. Tab. 25. In all the districts. 
* Aristolochia Clematitis, xxx. On the site of old gardens in Wor¬ 
cester and Cliaddesley Corbet. Tab. 25. Not native. 
Buxus sempervirens, xxx. 101, Bredon Hill; planted. Tab. 25. 
Not native. 
(To be continued.) 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY. —Biological Meeting. December 8th. Mr. R. W. Chase 
in the chair and about 150 members and friends present. Mr. J. B. 
Stone, J.P., F.I.S., gave a very interesting account of his recent tour 
round the world, which he illustrated by a large collection of Natural 
History specimens. At the conclusion of the meeting a vote of thanks 
to Mr. Stone was carried with acclamation. —Microscopical Section. 
December 1st. Mr. C. Pumplirey (President), in the chair. Mr. 
W. H. Wilkinson exhibited a peculiar growth in timber, leaving a 
cast in the heart wood. The specimen came from Wellington, Salop. 
Also a lichen, Cladonia digitata var. macilenta, in fruit, from Sutton 
Park, where it is rare. Mr. G. Lavender exhibited a growing fern, 
Anemedictyon phyllitidis. Mr. W. Morley exhibited Yol. I. of the 
Minutes of the Birmingham Naturalists’ Association, the ancestor 
of the present society. Mr. J. Edmonds read some notes on Diatoms, 
and exhibited under the microscope an extensive series of specimens. 
Mr. G. Lavender also exhibited an equally large series, and Mr. W. P. 
Marshall exhibited one of Muller’s Typen Platten of 100 specimens, 
using his one-twenty-fifth inch objective. A keen discussion followed, 
and Mr. Bishop (a visitor) drew attention to the markings on the 
diatom frustules and the recent researches and photographs of these 
algae by the Royal Microscopical Society. —Extra Meeting. December 
16th. Mr. C. Pumphrey in the chair. Mr. Clark gave a demonstra¬ 
tion on the mounting and preparing of specimens. After a few intro¬ 
ductory remarks he mounted a few specimens dry, fully demonstrating 
each step, and followed with balsam. Finally aquatic larva and 
entomostraca were mounted. The specimens were then put under 
the microscope and examined. Mr. Neville also exhibited a large 
series of his own preparations in balsam. 
BIRMINGHAM MICROSCOPISTS’ AND NATURALISTS’ 
UNION.—November 23rd. Mr. Wiltshire gave a lantern exhibition 
of photographic views ; they comprised a series of pictures of London 
views, rural scenery, churches, and a large number illustrative of the 
scenery of North Devonshire, those of the Lynmouth and Lynton 
districts being much admired.—November 30th. Special—Conchology. 
Mr. J. Madison exhibited specimens of each British species of Clausilia 
and Pupa and photographs of the same, and called attention to the 
advantages of photographing these small objects, sufficiently magnified 
to show their distinctive features ; Mr. Linton, variously marked 
shells of Patella vulgaris ; Mr. Hawkes, nummulites, sharks’ teeth, 
and jaws of porpoise; Mr. S. White, shells collected in the Chelten- 
