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been preserved in spirits, and in some departments the illustrations 

 are particularly interesting. Among the minerals brought home is 

 a series which will serve to elucidate the hitherto scarcely known 

 mountain range of Lower California. 



Works in the Press. 



Dr. Parnell is printing a work upon the Scottish Grasses, which 

 will contain full descriptions of the species and varieties, and be 

 illustrated by figures and dissections of all of them. 



The Rev. J. E. Leefe is about to publish Fasciculi of specimens of 

 British Willows. Mr. Borrer has kindly undertaken the superin- 

 tendence of the nomenclature, and Mr. Leefe has been promised the 

 assistance of many distinguished botanists. The first Fasciculus is 

 expected shortly. 



Mr. Babington has nearly completed the new Flora of Britain, 

 upon which he has been so long engaged. It may be expected in 

 the spring of next year. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUGUST 1842. 



Chiswick. — August 1 . Overcast : very fine. 2. Sultry. S. Sultry : distant 

 thunder. 4. Sultry : high temperature maintained day and night. 5. Cloudy 

 and fine. 6. Cloudy: rain. 7 — 9. Clear, hot and dry. 10. Sultry : excessively 

 hot and dry : heavy thunder-storm at night, with rain in torrents. 1 1 . Cloudy : 

 clear and fine. 12. Clear and fine throughout. 13. Overcast : clear and fine. 

 14. Sultry. 15. Cloudless and hot. 16. Hot and dry. 17. Dry easterly haze : 

 very hot. 18. Excessively hot and sultry : lightning in the evening. 19, 20. 

 Cloudy : fine. 21. Very fine. 22. Hot and dry, with easterly wind: lightning. 

 23. Cloudless, hot and dry. 24. Hot and dry : lightning, distant thunder, with 

 wind and rain at night. 25. Overcast : heavy thunder-showers in the evening. 

 26. Hazy : sultry. 27. Cloudy and fine. 28. Rain : cloudy and fine. 29. 

 Heavy thunder-showers early a.m. : violent thunder-storm commenced four p.m., 

 with very heavy rain : clear at night. 30. Hazy. 31. Clear and fine. — Mean 

 temperature of the month 4° above the average. \ 



Boston. — Aug. 1 — 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy. 6. Rain. 7—9. Fine. 



10. Fine : rain, with thunder and lightning p.m. : thermometer 85° three o'clock. 



11. Fine. 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy: thermometer 79° two o'clock p.m. 14. 

 Cloudy : thermometer 80° two o'clock p.m. 15. Fine : thermometer 80° eleven 

 o'clock a.m. 16. Foggy. 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine : thermometer 83° two o'clock 

 p.m. 19. Cloudy. 20. Fine. 21,22. Cloudy. 23. Fine: thermometer 82° 

 two o'clock p.m. 24. Cloudy : rain with thunder and lightning at night 25 — 

 28. Cloudy. 29. Cloudy: rain a.m. 30. Fine: rain p.m. 31. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Or hney.— Aug. 1, 2. Clear. 3. Cloudy : damp. 4. Rain : 

 showers. 5. Showers. 6. Drops : clear. 7. Bright : showers. 8. Clear : rain. 

 9. Clear : cloudy. 10. Damp : thunder : rain. 11. Showers : rain. 12. Show- 

 ers : cloudy. 13. Bright : rain. 14. Drizzle : cloudy. 15. Drizzle: rain. 16. 

 Clear. 17,18. Clear : cloudy. 19. Fog : thunder. 20. Cloudy. 21. Showers: 

 clear. 22. Bright : clear. 23. Rain. 24. Clear. 25. Clear: cloudy. 26—28. 

 Clear. 29. Clear: cloudy. 30. Rain: clear. 31. Clear. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Aug. 1 — 3. Very fine. 4. Showers. 

 5. Showery. 6. Fine. 7. Slight showers. 8. Rain p.m. 9. Showers. 10. 

 Heavy rain and thunder. 11. Fair and bracing. 12. Cloudy and drizzly. 

 13. Fair and fine. 14—16. Very fine. 17, 18. Very fine : very hot. 19. Show- 

 ers. 20. Heavy showers. 21,22. Fair and bracing. 23. Fine: one shower : 

 thunder. 24. Wet a.m. : cleared up. 25—27. Fair and k fine. 28. Fair and 

 fine, but hazy. 29—31. Slight showers. 



