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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
(Charles L. Zeyher) Botanical Notices of a Journey into the interior of Southern 
Africa, in company with Mr. Burke. (Mr. Nathanial Wilson) On the Useful 
Vegetable Froducts, especially the Fibres, of Jamaica Asplenium Fontanum— 
a British Plant? by Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H.,F.R.A. and L.S. Botanical Infor¬ 
mation—Extracts from the Jurors’ Reports on some of the Vegetable Products of 
the Madras Exhibition of 1855, continued from p. 316. Costus afer. Ker.—a 
reputed Specific against Nausea. De Candolle’s Prodomus. Note on Clusiacese, 
by Mr. Spruce. Notes of New Books. 
No. 83, December:—(George Bentham, F.L.S.) Notes on the Roogee of 
Kumaon—Megacarpaea polyandra. This is a most interesting account of this 
curious Polyandrous cruciferous Plant; seeds of which were forwarded to the 
Glasnevin Botanic Garden, near Dublin, in 1849; they speedily germinated, 
and attained a great size, but did not flower until towards the end of April, in 
this present year. Botany of Victoria (Southern Australia.) Extracts of Let¬ 
ters from Dr. F. Mueller. (Charles L. Zeyher). Botanical notices of ajourney 
into the interior of Southern Africa, in company with Mr. Burke. (Sir W. J. 
Hooker, F.R.8., &c.) Catalogue of Mr. Geyer’s Collection of Plants gathered 
in the Upper Missouri, the Oregon Territory, and the intervening portion of 
the Rocky Mountains.(Dr. F. Mueller) On two new umbelliferous Plants, from 
the Alps of South-eastern Australia. Botanical Information—Mr. Spruces’s 
Ascent of the Amazon to Peru.—Dr. F. Mueller’s appointment to be 
Botanist to the north-west Australian expedition. Note on the application of 
British Rushes in Sussex, by W. Borrer, F.L.S. Note on the proposed Genus 
Fitchia of Dr. Meisner. Notices of Books.—Folia Orchidacea, by Professor 
Lind ley. 
The Naturalist : a popular monthly Magazine, with numerous Engravings; 
conducted by B. R. Morris, Esq., M.D. No. 56, October. No. 57, November. 
No. 58, December, 1855. 8vo. Price 6d. each. London: Messrs. Groom bridge. 
No. 56. October.—(J. MHntosh) Notes on the Common Squirrel (Sciurus 
Vulgaris.) (Edward Parfitt) A List of and Notes on the Fungi found in the 
neighbourhood of Exeter. (W. Westcott) Occasional Notes. (William Kidd) 
Nature’s Holiday, shared with Two of her Loving Children. (Rev. F. O. Morris) 
The Variety of the Hawk, figured in the “ Naturalist” for September. (F. M. 
Burton) Extracts from Correspondence with a Brother Naturalist. (T. Edward) 
A list of the Zoophytes found on the coast of Banffshire. Reviews.—The Bee- 
Keeper’s Manual; Labels for the British Star Fishes. Miscellaneous Notices.— 
Heronries ; a White Blackbird and a White Thrush ; Note on the Wokhab; Sea 
Swallows; Cuckoo attending to its own Young; Thrushes and Starlings feeding 
upon the backs of Sheep 
No. 57. November.—(John S. Stone) Notes on the Rook (Corv frugillgus). 
(William Kidd) Domestic Pets: the common Squirrel (J. O. Harper) On 
the Anatomy of the Crested Cariama. (G. Stockley) Notice of the species 
of Carabus occurring around London. (O. S. Round) Characteristics of 
common birds. The propagation of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, continued from p 
17, Vol. IV. Order XXI. Aquifoliacese. (George R. Twin) A contrast. (T. 
Lyster) Summary of the weather for April and May, 1855. Review—Introduc¬ 
tory Textbook to Geology. Retrospect. Miscellaneous Notices.—Occurrence 
of the Bee-eater in the Isle of Wight; Disappearance of Choughs from the Isle of 
Wight; Additions to the Ornithology of Sussex. 
No. 58. December.—(J. Longmuir, Jun.) Occurrence of the Esquimaux 
Curlew (Numenius borealis) in Scotland. (H. Smurthwaite) Notes on the gray 
shrike, the dipper, and the chough. (W. Bridger) Notes from a bird-nesting ex¬ 
pedition to the south of Holland. (W.) Contributions to a list of the cryptogamous 
Flora of Banffshire. (J. S. Walker) Down the River. (A. Lucas) Diurnal 
Lepidoptera found in the neighbourhood of Luton Beds. Reviews.—The Na¬ 
tural History of the Tineina. The Natural History Review. Miscellaneous No¬ 
tices. —The Crystal Palace; Robins; Song of the autumn Robin ; Picus major ; 
Crossbill; Variety of the Pink underwing; Callimorpha Hero ; Retrospect; Que¬ 
rist; Title-page and Index to Vol. V. 1855. 
