Salt Spray Carried by the September HurricaneAuthor(s): Michael GrimesSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1962), p. 20Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25534831 .

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SALT SPRAY CARRIED BY THE SEPTEMBER HURRICANE

Sir,?Please draw attention in your journal to the carrying in by the wind of salt spray in the storm of 16t0i September, 1961. The JB.B.C. discussed the storm's effect on the West Coast of Scotland 'and exposed areas in Ireland also suffered similarly from salt burn. At Inniscarra I noted that leaves on the big 'trees on the SW side were affected though the leaves on the sheltered side were normal. Gorse was not (attacked and, in <my garden, eucalyptus and myrtle escfaped; but plum, pear, apple, blackberry and holly were burnt.

The Cork Evening Echo of 18th September carried the following note; "Every house dn the city and suburbs had been subjected to a dusty deposit as a result of the storm. The 'faltout' 'has a salty taste and weather experts say it is almost certainly a saline deposit picked up by the gale on its way in from the Atliantic. An even more serious aspect of the sialt storm is that shrubs and trees "have been blighted and the leaves and more (tender growths Shrivelled up, and, as rougflily one-third of the wheat crop still remained unsaved, that there

was bound to be considerable loss."

As the effect of the storm was felt all over Ireland fit would be interesting to hear how flar inland young (growth was (attacked.?Yours, etc.

MICHAEL GRIMES. 59 Sunday's Well Road, Cork.

REVIEW

A Dictionary of Geology by John Challinor, 1961, University of Wales Press, 235 pp, 30s.

Geologists enjoy an outstanding reputation as semanticists?they have a word for everything and they know what everything means. But geological language is undoubtedly one of the reasons why amateurs, who find technical names a burden, approach the subject with caution. Even amongst geologists there is dissension on the use of "geologese" and on the frequent masking of important issues by the use of jargon.

Therefore, any up-to-date book of geological terms must be welcomed. The only comparable book for amateurs is that by G. W. Himus in the Penguin series bearing the same title. The volume under review does not claim to be exhaustive as, from a bewildering choice of geological names and terms, only some 1,500 have been selected. Nevertheless, it is a store of authoritative infor

mation, a special feature of obvious merit being the quotations and references. The author has taken some pains to make the definitions understandable to the layman and gives sufficient first aid to those with little geology. There is an intense compression Ipf material, but the dlefinitions are accurate with few unnecessary ornaments. There is a useful classified Index.

Those who take pride In "one-upmanship" terms such as "glacigenes", "pajimpsestic ghost stratigraphy", "magmatogene crowns" and "pericratonic" will be disappointed at their omission but most of the well established British terms are amply covered.

Amateurs will find the book a useful companion to Himus's convenient and economic reference book.

P.I.M.

PERIODICALS

Entomologist's Gazette XI, 1960 No. 4: "A Species of Collembola new to the B.I." by H. E. Goto and P. N. Lawrence. "The Genus Ephestia (Lep., Phycitinae)" bv P. E. Whalley. "Additional Notes on the British Species of Zygaena Fabricius KLep..

Zygaenidae)" by W. G. Tremewan. "The Dale Collection 'of British Siphonaptera" by F. G. A. M. Smit. "The lectotype of Thya maurus

Curtis, 1834 (Trich., Beraeidae)" by D. E. Kimmlns. "Fertile eggs laid

by females of Dytiscus marginalis long separated from males" by D. J. Jackson. "The Larvae of the British Hexatomini (Dipt., Tipulidae)" by A. Brindle and D. Bryce. "Revised Indexed Check-List of the British Lepidoptera. Part 2: Pyraloideta" by I. R. P. Heslop. uEuproctis simllis Fuessly (Lep., Lymantriidae) in Ireland" by E. S. A. Baynes.

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