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Imports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Microscopical Section, July 5. Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., 
in the chair. Mr. W. Madeley exhibited a specimen of British sponge, 
probably Clialina oculata (Bowerbank), from Colwyn Bay ; Mr. W. B. 
Grove, B.A., exhibited Barbarea stricta and Alopecurus bulbosus, two 
rather rare plants, from Clifton Ings, Yorkshire ; Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, 
specimens of small spiral snail shells (Glausilia nigricans , var. dubia), 
from a stone wall in Scotland ; also, Salix fragilis (Lin.), a willow, 
often called the “ Cotton ” tree, the seeds of which, last month, caused 
a shower of down through the streets of Staines, on the Thames ; also 
a collection of interesting plants from Clent, amongst which were the 
following: Viburnum opulus , Tragopogon pratensis , Genista tinctoria , 
and Briza media. — Biological Section, July 12th. Mr. Horace 
Pearce, F.L.S., F.G.S., exhibited a collection of freshly-cut specimens 
from his British wild-flower garden. For some years Mr. Pearce has 
grown native wild flowers in a portion of his garden set apart for their 
special cultivation, and by supplying, as far as possible, the conditions 
essential to the healthy growth of the various plants, he has succeeded 
in getting together a good collection of many of our choice aud rare 
native plants. He has maritime plants from our coasts, limestone- 
loving plants, and others from Alpine and rocky situations, and some 
requiring shade and shelter ; all these conditions he seeks to supply, 
and a large share of success has rewarded his efforts, with both 
ferns and flowering plants. The following were the plants exhibited 
and described :— 
Viola lutea, var. amoena from St. John’s Vale, Keswick. 
Silene maritima. ,, Pwllheli. 
Carduus eriophorus. ,, Abberley, Worcestershire. 
Geranium sanguineum .. ,, Great Orme’s Head. 
,, sylvaticum.... ,, Thirlspot, Keswick. 
,, pratense. ,, Castleton, Derbyshire. 
,, pyrenaicum .. ,, Wrockwardine, Shropshire. 
,, lucidum. ,, Chepstow. 
Erodium maritimum .... ,, Habberlev Valley, Kidderminster. 
Genista tinctoria. ,, Near Enville. 
Agrimonia Eupatoria.... ,, Ludlow. 
Sedum Rhodiola. ,, Snowdon. 
Campanula Trachelium.. ,, Milson, Shropshire. 
Armeria vulgaris. ,, Pwllheli. 
Echium vulgare . ,, Kinver Edge. 
Verbascum Lychnitis.. .. ,, Whittington, Staffordshire. 
Asplenium viride. ,, Mountain,nearMardale,Cumberland. 
Aspidium Lonchitis .... ,, Snowdon. 
Polypodium Robertianum ,, Miller’s Dale, Derbyshire. 
Osmunda regalis. ,, Mountains east of Harlech. 
Mr. W. H. Wilkinson exhibited the following lichens collected by 
Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., in the neighbourhood of Barmouth :—Usnea 
barbata, Ramalina fraxinea , Peltigera canina , Parmelia saxatilis , Stereo- 
caulon denudation, Stictina fuliginosa, Lecanora subfusca, Ramalina 
farinacea , Ramalina fastigiata, Peltigera rufescens , Parmelia. perlata, 
Spluerophoron coralloides, Cladonia cervicornis, and Lecidea disciformis .— 
Geological Section Meeting, Tuesday, July 19. Mr. Waller in the 
chair. Mr. Caswell exhibited a specimen of cabbage leaf in which 
the midrib, having left the surface of the leaf, had developed a cup 
upon a stalk. Mr. Grove exhibited two specimens, Ornithopus perpusil- 
lus, from the Lickey, and a fungus, Polyporus dryadeus, from Kingswood. 
