T CONTENTS. 



XVII. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have lately Flowered in the Neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden. 

 By Dr Graham, Professor of Botany, . 412 



XVIIJ. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 414 



XIX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 

 ciety, ..... 418 



XX. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of 



the Useful Arts in Scotland, . . 419 



XXI. Scientific Intelligence, . , . 423 



1 . On the supposed existence of a New Small Planet, 423 



2. Climate of Palestine, . . . . 425 



3. Indications of a Change in the relative Levels of the 



Land and Sea on the West Coast of Scotland, . 425 



4. Facts relating to the Soulevement or Rising of Scan. 



dinavia at a recent epoch, . . . 423 



6. M. de Collegno on the Soulevements of the Hills of 



Superga, ..... 428 



6. On the presence of Cobalt and other Metals in the 



Upper Sandstones of the Tertiary Formations of Paris, 428 

 rtW 7. On the Colours of Flowers, . . . 429 



XXII. List of Patents granted in Scotland from December 



18. 1835, to March 18. 1836, . . 430 



Index, ..... . 435 



Errata in Dr Davp's paper " On a curious Phenomenon in Cepkalonia,' 

 in No. 39, January 1836. 



Page 116, line 18, for phenomena read phenomenon 



— 117, — 8, for Angostoli read Argostoli 

 — . 117, — 24, for Hence read Here 



— 119, -- 33, omit less before absorption 



— 120, — 16, for AUeschimo read Allefechimo 



— 121, — 3, for lightly read highly 



— 121, — 5, for several read mural 



— 122, — 26, for some read soon 



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To Correspondents. — The various Meteorological Tables, &c. communicated 

 for the Journal will appear in our next Number. 



