n CONTENTS. 



Art. VII. Mean Temperature of Montreal, Lower Canada, for 

 the period of Ten Years, viz. from 1826 to 1835 

 inclusive. By Archibald Hall, M.D., - 236 

 VIII. Second Report of the Meteorological Committee of 

 the South African Literary and Scientific Insti- 

 tution, - - - - 23fl^ 



IX. Note, by M. Alphonse de Candolle, concern- 

 ing M. Marcel de Serres's Essay upon the Ques- 

 tion, Whether the Examination made, in the Coal 

 Formation of Canada and Baffin's Bay, of Plants 

 analogous to those which now flourish in Equa- 

 torial Regions, proves a Change in the Inclination 

 of the Ecliptic, - - - 247 



X. Inquiry in relation to the alleged influence of 

 Colour on the Radiation of Non-luminous Heat. 

 By A. D. Bache, Professor of Natural Philosophy 

 and Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 249^ 



^l. Notes on the Natural History and Statistics of the 

 Island of Cerfgo and its dependencies. By Ro- 

 bert Jameson, Esq. Assistant Surgeon, 10th 

 Regiment of Foot, Corfu. Communicated by the 

 Author, - - - - 26^ 



XII. On the Formation of Hail. By M. De la Rive, 280 



XIII. New Researches on the Organic Elements, and in- 



timate Structure of Animal Bodies. By G. R. 

 Treviranus, - - - 29J> 



XIV. An Account of a recently invented Patent Spring 



called " The Safety Spring," applicable to car- 

 riages and carts of every description- By the 

 Rev. R. J. Barlow. With a Plate. Communi- 

 cated by the Author, - - - 308- 



XV. Notes regarding some of the Plants observed during 



the last year, in excursions from Edinburgh, espe- 

 cially some new stations for those of rare occur- 

 rence, or concerning the geographical distribution 

 of a few which are more common. By Dr 

 Graham. Communicated by the Author, - 31 f 



XVI. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 315^ 



