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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9026, 3 November 1892, Page 6

A successful winter course of lectures, etc., at St. Luke's, Remuera, was concluded by an excellent concert last night. Mr. Perkins, the organist, may be congratulated upon the way in which the choir rendered the anthems, "Oh, Taste and See" and "Oh, Lord, How Manifold," selections both instrumental and vocal by Mesdames Sibbald and McColl, the Misses Withy, C. Hardy, Pickmere, Brook, HarriI son, Abbott, and Heron, and Messrs. | Perkins, Mattheison, Impet, and* Rowe.

The botanical course of study, which had been attended by a considerable number of county council scholars, recently ended. Under the direction of Mr. Claridge Druce, M.A., the students had attended twentyeight lectures, each followed by a botanical excursion in the vicinity of Oxford. The neighbourhood of the city had been visited within a radius of some miles by the students under guidance. Near the remains of Godstowe Nunnery the conductor found in a ditch a specimen of the plant Nitella mucronata, which had only been discovered three times in England, viz., about 1720 by Professor Dillenius at Isleworth ; next by William Borrer, in Sussex, about 1830 ; and, thirdly, near Bedford, in 1884. The students had studied the natural orders and been shown how to collect, to dry, and to arrange a herbarium. In the excursions about 260 _ plants were named and described. The attendance was remarkably uniform throughout the course. In view of the fact that a large number of scholars sent up by county councils were attending the lectures, some prominence had been given to topics of technical interest. For example, a lecture was given on "Bees and Beekeeping" by Mr. W. J Anstey, of the Oxfordshire Beekeepers' Association. Dr. de Jongh s Light-Brown Cod Liver —PalatablknEss and the facility with which it is digested are distinctive characTERISTICS of Dr. de Jo.ngh's Cod Liver Oil. Dr Granville, F.R.S., author of "The Spas of Germany," writes: "Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil does not cause the nausea and indigestion too often consequent on the administration of the Pale Oils. Being, moreover, much more palatable" Dr. Granville's patients have themselves expressed* a preference for Dr. de Jongh's LightBrown Cod liver Oil Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half-pints, Pints, and Quarts, by all chemists. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford and Co., I Limited, 810, High HolHwro, London. 8