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INDEX. 
Botany—Mushroom Growing, 127-129 
- Oak and Ash, Leafing of, 190 
-— of Malvern, 117 
- Phragmidium on Bramble, 21 
- Saxifraga, Observations on the 
Fertilisation of certain Species 
of, 73-75 
- Sphagnaceae of the South Mid¬ 
lands gathered in 1882, 45 
- Uredineae, The Eeclassification 
of, 25-31, 49-53, 79-82 
- Vagaries of the Season, 92 
--— Viola sylvatica, var. Reichen- 
bachiana, 166, 237 
- Worcestershire Plants, 94 
Boulders, Ice-grooved, 277-278 
Boyden iRev. H.), on “ Our Marine Algae,” 
288 
Brachypodiumcristatum-Brachypodium 
piunatum, 214 
Bramble, Phragmidium on, 21 
Bi’eedon and Cloud Hill Lime, 93 
British Isles, Contributions to the 
Physical History of the (Review), 213 
Bryological Note from South Beds, 261 
Buckland, Dr., and the Glacial Theory, 
225-229 
Burnishers, 70 
Cement for Objects mounted in Spirits 
of Wine, 282 
Chain 1 rand. The, 192 
Charnwood Forest, The Diorite of, 237-238 
Chase (R. W.), On the Study of Ornitho¬ 
logy, 72 
Civilisation, The Origin of, and the 
Primitive Condition of Man (Bevieivi, 
258 
Cloud Hill and Breedon Lime, 93 
Clypeus Grit, Relation of the so-called 
“Northampton Sand” of North 
Oxfordshire to the, 108 
Colin Clout’s Calendar Review), 117 
Collins iF. H.), on the Magnifying powers 
of a Microscope, J67 
Colours of Flowers, The, as illustrated 
by the British Flora (Reviexv), 89 
Composites, Fruit of, 70 
Contributions to the Physical History of 
the British Isles (Revieiv), 213 
Cooke (M. C.i, on Biological Analogies, 
25 -252 
Correction, A, 261 
Correspondence, 20-21, 45-46, 69-70, 92-94, 
117-118, 140- 42, 165-167, 190, 214-215, 
236-238, 261„281-282 
Cremation, 24 1 -248 
Crosskey (Dr. H. W.l, on Recent Investi¬ 
gations in the Glacial Deposits of the 
Midlands, 95 
Cuckoo Flower, 117,133-134 
Dactylium obovatum, 70 
Deposits, The Alluvial and Drift, of the 
Leen Valley, 76-79, 109-115 
Derbyshire, Flora of, J65 
Diorite, The, of Charnwood Forest, 237- 
238 
Dorset County Museum and Library, 21 
Druce (G. i laridge), A Visit to Glen 
Clova and Callater, 7-12 
-on Townsend’s “ Flora of Hamp¬ 
shire,” 248-250 
Ducks, Wild, at Barnetby Junction, 141- 
142 
Echinodermata, The, 265-271 
Elementary Botany (Review), 90 
England, Tree-frogs in, 215 
Euock (Frederick), Holes in the Sand, 
184-186 
- on Macropis labiata, 236 
- on the British Trap-door Spider 
Atypvs Sdlzeri, 109,186 
Errata in “ Midland Naturalist,” 214 
Exchange, 48, 192 
Excursion, Marine, 95 
Facts about Plants, 94 
Felspars, The, 217-225 
Flora of Derbyshire, 165 
Flora of Hampshire, The, 248-250 
- Warwickshire, The, 12-16, 41-43, 
63-67, 86-88, 103-107, 135-138,186- 
190, 210-212, 232-236, 253-258 
Flowering Plants, The Young Collector’s 
Handbook of (Review), 213 
Flowers, Early Spring, 93 
- The Colours of, as illustrated by 
the British Flora (Review), 89 
Food of Small Birds, Note on the, 69-70 
France (W. H.), on Cremation, 241-248 
Frogs, a Note on, 140 
Fruit of Composites, 70 
- of the Ash, 70 
Fruits of all Countries: a Preliminary 
Catalogue (Review), 261 
Fungi, Nomad : the Reclassification of 
the Uredineae, 25-31, 49-53, 79-82 
- Underground (Fungi hypogcei), 1-7 
- from near Birmingham, 236 
- of the Neighbourhood of Bir¬ 
mingham, 163-165, 271-277 
Geology—Breedon and Cloud Hill Lime,93 
- Buckland, Dr., and the Glacial 
Theory, 225-229 
- Burnishers, 70 
- Clypeus Grit, Relation of the so- 
called “ Northampton Sand ” to 
the, 108 
- Diorite,The, of Charnwood Forest, 
237-238 
- Felspars, The, 217-225 
- Glacial Theory, Dr. Buckland and 
the, 225-229 
- Ice-grooved Boulders, 277-278 
- Leen Valley, The Alluvial and 
Drift Deposits of the, 76-79,109- 
115 
- “Northampton Sand” of North 
Oxfordshire, Relation of the so- 
called, to the Clypeus Grit, 108 
- of Wire Forest, 31-33 
-Pen Pits, 141 
- Pen Pits and other supposed Early 
British Dwellings, Remarks on 
the, 98-103 
- Red Marl, Glacial Markings in 
the, 230-232 
- Rhsetic Rocks of Nottingham¬ 
shire, The (lUus.), 193-199 
- Study of the Rocks (Reviexo), 259 
—;- Wealden Formation, The, 22 
Gibbs (Heneagei, Mode of Staining the 
Germs of Bacillus tuberculosis, 20 
Glacial Markings in the Red Marl, 230-232 
Glacial Theory, Dr. Buckland and the, 
225-229 
Gleanings, 21-22, 94-95,117-118* 
