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MANCHESTER.
Literary and Philosophical Society, October 19.—Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, President, in the chair.—The death of Mr. James Hey wood, F.R.S., the father of the Society, was announced, and a vote of condolence with the family was moved. —Prof. H. B. Dixon described experiments made in photographing explosion-flames: first, attempts made abroad, and, afterwards experiments of his own.—Prof. F. E. Weiss exhibited some flowering specimens of the Dog's Mercury, which usually flowers in spring; but the plant from which the shoots exhibited owere collected has been observed by Mr. F. J. George, of Choriey, for thirteen successive seasons to flower in the autumn. Sir Joseph Hooker, to whom some of these shoots had been sent, was of the opinion that this plant might be regarded as a special form with this autumn flowering character.—A paper by Mr. P. Cameron, entitled “Notes on a collection of Hymenoptera from Greymouth, New Zealand, with descriptions of new species,” was communicated by the President.—Mr. Melvill afterwards exhibited some specimens of Sisymbrium strictissimum, found by Mr. Henry Hyde on the banks of the Mersey at Stretford.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 56, 632 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056632a0
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