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two new genera of the Screw Pines, preceded by some general observations upon 
that class of plants—being the substance of a Lecture delivered on the 27th of 
May, 1854, before the Royal Academy of Science, at Amsterdam. We have an 
account in this lecture of a visit which Dr. de Yriese paid to the celebrated M. 
Gaudichaud, at Paris, in 1854, to get some information upon his new genera of the 
Paudanese; but he only spoke of what for years had been his fixed idea, the growth 
of the fibres in the stems of plants in a downward direction, showing beautiful draw¬ 
ings and specimens to prove it, but not enough to convince Dr. de Yriese of the 
truth of his theory 5 the time passed away, and he learned nothing of that for which 
he came. (B. Seeman) Revision of the genera Crescentia, Parmentiera, and 
Kigelia; (C. J. Muller) Extract of a letter from—relative to the preparations of 
Cannabis sativa in India. Botanical Information—Oxford Herbarium (continued 
from p. 252); Alexander Croall’s Plants of Brasmar; Lichens of the late Pastor 
Schaerer. Notices of Books—United States Exploring Expedition; Botany; 
Phanerogamia, by Dr. Asa Gray ; Bryologia Javanica; Dozy, F. et J. H. Mel- 
kenboer. 
The Naturalist : conducted by B. R. Morris, M.D. No. 41, July; No. 42, 
August; No. 43, September, 1854. 8 vo. London: Groombridge and Sons. 
Price 6 d. each. 
No. 41, July:—Zoological Notes—(J. M‘Intosh) Gleanings from my Notebook, 
No. 3; On Musical Animals ; The Glowworm ; The Sparrow in Asia ; Do Rats 
leave Dangerous Places? (0. S. Round) Spring Birds; (J. Garland) Local Jot¬ 
tings, No. 12, Dorchester; (E. Parfitt) A List of the Land and Fresh-water 
Shells found in the neighbourhood of Exeter. This list also contains the slugs. 
Toward the close of it Mr. Parfitt says, that in January, 1852, he found some 
Cocoons of Trichiosoma tucorum on a hawthorn hedge, at Heavitree, near Exeter, 
from which Ichneumons came in the June following ; and that these Ichneumons 
were the Tryphon nigriceps of Gravenhorst, which were reared by Mr. Foxcroft 
towards the close of last year (1853), and were announced by him as new to Britain. 
If Mr. Parfitt be correct in the specific nomenclature, he will be entitled to the rank 
of priority in the discovery. (J. M‘Intosh) Notes on the Raspberry Plants, from 
seed found in the stomach of an Ancient Briton ; (J. M‘Intosh) Injurious Insects, 
No. 2 , Sirex gigas, with a wood-cut; (J. Gray) Description of a New Coleopterous 
Insect, belonging to the genus Prionus; (J. M‘Intosh) Utility of the Common 
Mole; (A. S. Moffat) Singular Breeding-place of the Rabbit; (G. R. Twinn) 
Nature and Harmony. Miscellaneous Notices ; The Retrospect; The Querist. 
No. 42, AugustOrnithological and Entomological Notes ; Local Jottings, No. 
13, Dorchester; White Jackdaw r ; Yanessa Cardui, &c.; (J. Rose) Gleanings by 
the Way; (M. Westcott)“Occasional Notes ; A Common Rat in Trouble. The 
individual rat in question measured, from tip of nose to end of tail, twenty-two 
inches, and weighed two pounds one ounce. A Canary in a trance, &c.; (G. R. 
Twinn) Superior Instinct-in a Wagtail; (W. Webster) Land and Fresh-water 
Mollusks, found during a few weeks residence in Cheltenham and the vicinity. The 
rare and local Clausilia Rolphii was found in colonies extending from Birdlip to 
Cooper’s Hill, among patches of Saxifraga oppositifolia. (C. Ashford) List of 
Land and Fresh-water Mollusks, found in the neighbourhood of Ackworth, 
