StNicholas [serial] . the powdered mineral sent by the writerof the accompanying letter. at my town, and have often noticed this substance along-side the track. Please tell me all about it if you can. Itis very brilliant, and sparkles in the sun or artificial light. It was in a solid lump when I picked it up, but it easilycrumbles into a fine dust, in which form I have sent it toyou. I am sixteen years old. Thanking you in advance for your kind reply, I amYour faithful reader, Marvin P. Bemus. The mineral specimen inclosed is specular iron,a form of hematite (the sesquioxid of iron), anexcelle
StNicholas [serial] . the powdered mineral sent by the writerof the accompanying letter. at my town, and have often noticed this substance along-side the track. Please tell me all about it if you can. Itis very brilliant, and sparkles in the sun or artificial light. It was in a solid lump when I picked it up, but it easilycrumbles into a fine dust, in which form I have sent it toyou. I am sixteen years old. Thanking you in advance for your kind reply, I amYour faithful reader, Marvin P. Bemus. The mineral specimen inclosed is specular iron,a form of hematite (the sesquioxid of iron), anexcellent ore of iron, and widely distributed. L. P. Gratacap. interesting galls on violet leaves. Dagworthy, Devonshire, St. Nicholas: I have just discovered a mostcurious violet leaf, growing among the other violets. The. THE CURIOUS VIOLET LEAVES. leaf has a queer, knobby lump growing out of its surface,which lump is rather like a hollow, green raspberry. Thelump is not solid, and is a paler green than that of the send only a very rough sketch of the leaf. I should bevery much obliged if you would tell me what this growthis, and what the cause of it is. Yours truly, Katherine Gotch Robinson. The gall is caused by the larvse of a small gall-gnat, Cecidomyia viola, and it may be found inEngland from July to December. The larvsetransform in the gall, and the flies emerge,duringthe spring. Wm. Beutenmuller. THE SONG OF THE CICADA. San Francisco, St. Nicholas : When I was in the country in MayI was very much interested in the song of the I was walking through the woods I saw one of themwalking up and down a twig, with his wings throbbingand sending out that peculiar rasping sound, which soundedlike a pair of clappers or a small drum slowly rolling offits incessant half-monotonous
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