Science-gossip . rayshire, Scotland. Thesame plant is adopted as the device of theLinnean Society. We reproduce the platereduced to three-fourths its size. Localities Wanted.—Will readers kindlyinform me through Science-Gossip of all specimensof the following trees which are living in theBritish Isles : (i) the tulip-tree, of which there aretrees at Kew Gardens and in Croydon Cemetery ;(2) the maidenhair tree, of which there is a fineone in Kew Gardens, and also, I am told, in theTerrace Gardens at Richmond, Surrey.—E. , 69, Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath. Pied Flycatcher in Yorksh
Science-gossip . rayshire, Scotland. Thesame plant is adopted as the device of theLinnean Society. We reproduce the platereduced to three-fourths its size. Localities Wanted.—Will readers kindlyinform me through Science-Gossip of all specimensof the following trees which are living in theBritish Isles : (i) the tulip-tree, of which there aretrees at Kew Gardens and in Croydon Cemetery ;(2) the maidenhair tree, of which there is a fineone in Kew Gardens, and also, I am told, in theTerrace Gardens at Richmond, Surrey.—E. , 69, Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath. Pied Flycatcher in Yorkshire.—While trout-fishing last week on a stream in the neighbourhood•of Kirby Moorside, in North Yorkshire, I saw amale bird of this elegant species on more than oneoccasion. From the behaviour of the bird, and thefact that it was always seen about the same spot, Ihave no doubt that its mate was nesting near,though I made no search for it. The kingfisherwas also to be seen speeding its arrow-like flight up. and down the same stream, a welcome and not toocommon treat for the eyes of any bird-lover. — V. B. Crowther-Beynon, The Grange, Edith Weston,Stamford; May 23rd. Tenacity of Life in a Bee.—I received anumber of shells of Helix nemoralis from a ladyconchologist friend which were collected at Jesson,near Dungeness, at the beginning of last Novem-ber. They came to me at the commencement ofJanuary, and about the end of that month I putthem all in a glass-topped box. On May 14th amongthese shells I found a bee feebly crawling feeding it with Demerara sugar and waterand with honey, it gradually gained strength. Itslong fast weakened it considerably, but on May17th it left the open box and has not appearedsince. It has had no food probably since the com-mencement of November, certainly not sincethe end of January up to May 14th.—(Rev.) R. Ashington Bullen, Loicghrigg,Somers Road, Reigate. Baron von Muellers Corres-pondence.—Botanists throughoutthe world,
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