O. MISCELLANEOUS. 573 



proper site, a suitable locality was obtained in the south- 

 western corner of Avondale, of 66 acres, for which a rea- 

 sonable annual rental is to be paid. About $120,600 have 

 been raised in the form of capital stock, and this, with the 

 regular receipts, will be quite sufficient for carrying on the 

 establishment and furnishing handsome interest on the in- 

 vestment. The gardens of the Society, containing fifty-six 

 acres, were opened to the public on September 18th. 



FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULT- 

 URAL SURVEY OF TEXAS. 



Dr. S. B. Buckley has published his first annual report of 

 the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Texas, in which 

 he gives an account of the labors of his predecessors and of 

 his own operations during the year. In addition to a gen- 

 eral sketch of the economical geology of the country, we 

 have tables of precipitation and temperature, an indication 

 of the principal soils and animal and vegetable products, 

 etc., with a reproduction of a defense made some years ago 

 by the author against criticisms by Professor Gray in re- 

 gard to certain species of Texas plants described by him as 

 new. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL AND 

 GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES FOR 1873. 



One of the most important of the many valuable govern- 

 ment documents is the Annual Report of the United States 

 Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories for 

 1873, as prepared by Dr. Hayden, being a volume of 730 

 pages, profusely illustrated with plates and sections, and ex- 

 hibiting the physical geography, the sectional geology, the 

 mining, and the natural history of the country. 



The volume consists of several sections. The first that 

 of geology, mineralogy, and mining industry was prepared 

 by Dr. Hayden, Mr. Marvine, Mr. Peale, and Dr. Endlich. 

 The second embraces special reports on paleontology, on the 

 fossil flora by Professor Lcsquereux, and on the vertebrates 

 by Mr. Cope. Part third zoology contains articles on the 

 recent invertebrates, by Lieutenant Carpenter, Dr. Packard, 

 Baron Ostensacken, Mr. Ulke, Dr. Hagen, Mr. S. J. Smith, 

 Professor Verrill, and Mr. William G. Binney. Part fourth 



