VI 



CONTENTS. 



BOTANY. 



A Sketch of the Flora of Richmond, Yorkshire, 

 as compared with that of Thirsk, in the same 

 County. By T. £. L. - - Page 24 



On the claims of /Ms tuberbsa as a Native of 

 Ireland, and on some Peculiarities in its 



;. Growth and Flowering. By the Rev. W, T. 

 Bree,A.M. - - - -28 



Account of a very large Tree in Mexico. Com- 

 municated by James Mease, Esq. M.D. - 30 



On theSensibiUty of Vegetables. By T. E. L. 134 



Description of a beautiful Tree. By John F. M. 

 Dovaston, Esq. A.M., of Westfelton, near 

 Shrewsbury - . -238.538 



New Theory of the Ascent of the Sap, By H. 541 



GEOLOGY. 



'Notice of a Fossil .Natitilus found in the Sand- 

 stone of the Isle of Sheppey. By Mrs. Lee, late 

 Mrs. Bowdich - - - 137 



Description of the Jaw and Teeth of a Mam- 

 moth, and of some other Fossils, found in a 

 Flint Quarry in the Neighbourhood of Chat- 

 ham ; being the Substance of a Lecture deli- 

 vered to the Philosophical and Literary So- 

 ciety of that Town by Robert Dadd, Esq. 

 Communicated by Mr. Dadd - - 240 



Observations on the Diluvial Gravel in the 

 Neighbourhood of Birmingham. By Frede- 

 rick Jukes, Esq. - - - 372 ; 



On the recent and rapid Formation of some 

 Peat Bogs in Ireland. By Geo. Ensor, Esq. 543 



Notice of the Volcanic Island lately thrown up 

 between Pantellaria and Sciacca. By William 

 Ainsworth, Esq. M.R.S.L., Member of the 

 Royal Geographical Society, &c. - Page 545 



METEOROLOGY. 



On raining Trees. By John Murray, Esq. F.S. A. 

 F.L.S. F.G.S. &c. - - .32 



Some Remarks on the Spring of 1830, as com- 

 pared with that of 1829, with a Calendar show- 

 ing the Difference of the Two Seasons. By 

 the Rev.W. T. Bree, M.A. . -35 



A short Account of the Fall of a Meteoric Stone 

 at Launton, in Oxfordshire. By Mr. Stowe, 

 Surgeon, Buckingham - . . 139 



On the Temperature of the Atmosphere on dif, 

 ferent Parts of the Earth's Surface. By Mr. 

 W.White, H.M.C.S. - - - 245 



Data and Observations towards establishing 

 Rules for the Guidance of Agriculturists and 

 Botanists, as to the Quantity of Rain which 

 falls in different Months of the Year in dif. 

 ferent Places. By James G. Tatem, Esq., 

 Member of the Meteorological Society - 248 



Hail ia the South of France, and Insurance 

 against Loss by it. By James Mitchell, Esq. 

 LL.D. . ' . . .5^9 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Insect Architecture: forming Vol. III. of the 

 " Library of Entertaining Knowledge " - 39 



Botanical Commentaries. By Jonathan Stokes, 

 M.D. Vol. 1. - . .55 



A'lgse Britannicae ; or. Descriptions of the Ma- 

 rine and other inarticulated Plants of the Bri- 

 tish Islands belonging to the Order A'lgx; 

 with Plates illustrative of the Genera. By 

 Robert Kaye Greville, LL.D. &c. - - 57 



Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately 

 published, with some Notice of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting to British Na- 

 turaUsts 6^421 



Bulletin de la Soci^td Imperiale des Naturalistes 

 de Moscou. Vol. I. for 1829, and No. I. for 

 1830 - - - - - 251 



Zoological Researches and Illustrations in Na- 

 tural History. By John V. R. Thompson, 

 Esq. F.L.S. Nos. I. and II. . - - 256 



Notice sur le Tettigopsis, nouveau genre d'Or- 

 thoptferes de la Russie. Par G. Fischer de 

 Waldheim - - - - 261 



Illustrations of Zoology. By James Wilson, 

 F.R.S.E. Nos. VIII. and IX. 261 



Literary Notices - - 67. 262 



Part III. COLLECTANEA. 



Zoology 

 Botany 



142. 430 ] Geology 

 157. 437 I Meteorology 



443 

 4H 



Part IV. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Natural History in Foreign Countries : 



Italy - - . . 263 



Natural History in London - - 68. 158 



Natural History in the English Counties : 



Bedford - . . - 160 



Buckinghamshire 



Cheshire . - - 



Cornwall 



Devonshire 



Dorsetshire 



Essex 



Lancashire 



Leicestershire 



Norfolk 



Nottinghamshire 



Suffolk 



- 267 



- 73 

 161. 267 



- 445 



- 73 

 268.446 



72.448 



- 162 



- 269 



- 70 

 163.449 



Calendar of Nature in England for 1830, 167 

 Monthly Calendar of Nature for Scotland, 74.175. 

 270. 378. 453. 553 

 Wood-cuts in the " Library of Entertaining 

 Knowledge," - - - 380 



Hints for Improvements - - - 177 



Retrospective Criticism 76. 183. 272. 381. 455. 554 

 Queries and Answers 86. 187. 278. 383. 470. 557 

 Obituary , . -192.558 



Appendix': Controversy between N. A. Vigors, Esq. A.M. F.R,S. &a 



and W. Swainson, Esq, F.R.S. L.S. &c. ... 559 



Glossarial Index - - - - . .561 



Index to Books reviewed and noticed - - - 563 



General Index - - - - . - 564 . 



