THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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8. C. nuda (Naked).—“ A doubtful species." 
!). C. eupestris (Rock).—Very bushy, tufted ; dark green; 
tlie branches upright, ami much crowded. On rocks in tire 
\ sea; very common. 
10. C. L.TSTEvrRENS (Bright-green).—Bushy, forming tufts 
of a very pretty bright green, which, however, turns to a 
dull greyisli-green in drying; common. 
11. C. flf.xuosa (Zig-zag).—“In the sea"; not uncom- 
' mon ; four to eight inches long.” 
12. C. guacixts (Graceful).—“ On rocks and Algm ; colour 
yellow-green, with a silky gloss when dry.” 
Id- C. RUDOT.t'HrAXA.—Growing on zostera, marine, and 
! other plants ; “from six to twenty inches loug, exceedingly | 
, slender and soft, forming beautiful, silky, bright green, sub- 
gelatinous tufts.”— -Harvey. 
11. C. refracta (Broken).—In rock-pools near low- 
water mark. A beautiful plant, of a bright yellow-green 
colour. Filaments from three to four inches long. The 
specimens 1 have are from the Isle of Man. 
In. C. Ai.niDA (Whitish).—“Filaments slender, and 
flaccid, two to six inches long ; pale green, fading in drying, 
and without gloss.’ 1 
10. C. t.anosa (Woolly). — In the sea, on rocks ; common. 
“ Small, entangled, woolly tufts ; pale green.” 
17. C. unclalts. —Very short tufts, of an inch high, and 
I dark green. 
18. C. at.cta (Close).—On rocks in the sea, in thick tufts. 
Colour a very fine green, early in the spring, hut much more | 
dingy as it becomes older. The tips of the filaments shine 
as if dipped in isinglass, which adds much to the beauty of 
the specimens. When old it loses this appearance, and is 
coarse, not adhering well to paper. 
10. C. glaucescens (Milky-green).—Tufts two or three 
inches high, rather level at the top, and of a glaucous- 
green ; on rocks near low-w r ater mark ; not unusual. 
20. C. fai.cata (Curved).—Tufted, and of a dark green 
colour; the filaments thicker than hair. “The branches 
curved and twisted; the lesser divisions and ramuli fre¬ 
quently incurved, arching, or strongly hooked inwards.”— 
Harvey. A very elegant plant. Miss Heslop finds it in the 
Isle of Man, near Douglas. 
21. C. flavescens (Yellowish),—Not unusual in ditches 
of brackish water ; light yellow, and with a silky appearance 
when dry. ' It does not adhere to paper. 
22. O. fkacta (Broken).—Much entangled, and common 
in ditches and lakes; of a dull green colour. 
2. EHYZOCLONIUM. Frutz. 
1. R. iupaeia (Shore).—“ On sand-covered rocks, near 
high-water mark ; not uncommon. Filaments very slender, 
with a few root-like branches below. Colour bright green.” 
— Harvey. 
(To be continued.) 
VITALITY OF EGGS. 
As you are anxious for facts on this subject, I may just 
state, that many years ago, I placed a lien on some eggs, in¬ 
tending to open them at different seasons, and examine the 
formation of the chick. I think it was at the end of the 
first week that one was opened in the morning before ten 
o’clock ; as I wished, before destroying the egg, to show it 
in situ to another person, 1 placed the egg, after opening it, 
by the window; the heart was then beating well. Late in 
the afternoon, 0 p. m., in taking it up, the little creature dis¬ 
tinctly drew itself together, in fact, it was quite alive, though 
the egg was cold.—H. B. S., Monmouthshire. 
DUBLIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
{Continued from page 188.) 
Mr. Andrews then exhibited specimens of F.lymus Fnro- 
pirns of Linnaeus, Hortleum Sylvalicum of Hudson, which had 
been sent to him by Mr. Bain, of the Botanic Gardens, 
Trinity, College. Mr. Bain discovered this grass in the 
woods at Mount Merrion, the seat of the Right Hon, Syd¬ 
ney Herbert, and be at once detected it as new to the flora 
of the country. Tt grew in some abundance, and being of 
no value as an agricultural grass, it is not likely to have been 
introduced. It is pleasing to observe, that among the one¬ 
rous duties devolving on Mr. Bain in the College Gardens, 
lie has directed his attention to the grasses of the country, 
and thoroughly to understand tlieh’ character and practical 
value to the agriculturist. Mr. Andrews .also brought, to 
notice and exhibited specimens of Triehomanes. speciosum 
and Ophrys muscifera, which were sent to him by Mr. 
Thomas Chandler, of Cork, who promised to be a most as¬ 
siduous botanist. Mr. Chandler bad already drawn up a 
Flora of the Phconogarnous and Cryptognmous plants of 
Fermoy. Mi 1 . Chandler observes, that lie was in company 
with Mr. Isaac Carroll, of Cork, when the Triehomanes was 
discovered in a locality north of the county of Cork. The 
hill on which it grows is situated on the confines of Cork 
and Limerick, and is composed of conglomerate. It dis¬ 
plays a curious formation, as if the whole hill had been 
split, and one-half sunk considerably below the other. The 
perpendicular face of the rock thus exposed is much disinte¬ 
grated, and shows many horizontal fissures, in one of which, 
on pulling aside a turf of withered ferns, the Triehomanes 
was discovered in considerable luxuriance. A remnrkable 
feature was the dryness of the spot. The altitude of the 
mountain was about 1,000 feet. Tlie Ophrys muscifera was 
found in a bog between Ballitore and Athy, Co, Kildare: 
Mr. Williams then addressed the chairman, and said, 
with reference to the proceedings of the last meeting, and 
the discussion which took place relative to the observations 
made by Mr. Ffennell on the habits of salmon, be (Mr. 
Williams) bad received two communications from parties 
who had noticed tlie report of those proceedings in Saun¬ 
ders's News-Letter, and which did not agree with the views 
that Mr. Ffennell bad put forward. One was from a gentle¬ 
man who had devoted much attention to the subject of the 
fisheries, and who possessed sound practical knowledge and 
experience of the habits of the salmon, especially with re¬ 
ference to the Bandon river, aiid that part of Ireland. He 
woidd, with the permission of the chairman, read the re¬ 
marks that had been communicated to him. 
The Chairman said he was afraid that so much business 
had been before the meeting that the lateness of the hour 
could not permit any discussion ; hut, perhaps, it would be 
better to record tlie statement that bad been communicated. 
Mr. Williams then read the following :— 
“ I consider Mr. Ffennell is mistaken in His theory, that 
the male salmon first ascend the rivers on the approach of 
the spawning time, as, from close observation of the habits 
of the fish for eight or nine years, at least, I am convinced 
that on the approach of the spawning season both male and 
female salmon arrive at the pitting ground together, or 
nearly so. • In the ‘ Bandon ’ the greater part of the large 
breeding fish do not make their appearance \intil the middle 
or latter end of November, and we never see a spawning-bed 
on that river much before the 25th December. I have seen 
male fish killed in January and February in company with 
pea-fish, and both were full of sea-lice, bad not spawned, and 
had all the appearance of having only just come up from 
the sea. With respect to another part of Mr. Ffennell’s 
theory, that ‘the male salmon, after having their desires 
accomplished, desert the females on the beds to complete the 
operation of spawning, it seems to mo that he means the fish 
