CONTENTS. Hi 



Page 

 XXII. Account of an Apparatus for Maintaining an Uniform 

 Temperature. By George Merryweather, Esq. 

 Communicated by the Author, - - - S06 



XXIII. Thoughts on the Casting of Statues in Metal. By John 



RoBisoN, Esq. Sec. F. R. S. E. - . - 364 



XXIV. On the Lepidodendron Harcourtii. By Henry Witham, 



Esq. F. G. S., &c., - - . - 357 



XXV. Description of several New or Rare Plants which have 

 lately flowered in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 

 and chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden. By Dr 

 Graham, Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh, ----- 37O 



XXVI. Celestial Phenomena from April 1. to July 1. 1833, cal- 

 culated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, Mean Time. 

 By Mr George Innes, Astronomical Calculator, 

 Aberdeen, - - - _ - 374 



XXVII. Scientific Intelligence, - - - - 377 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1. Southern Africa. 2. The New Continent, - 378 



ZOOLOGY. 



3. Illusions in Maniacs, - - - - 379 



4. Remarkable Case of Obesity in the Human Species, 381 



5. Seal found in the Interior of New Holland, - 382 



6. On the Respiration of the Inferior Animals, - ib. 



HYDROGRAPHY. 



7. A short account of the Falls of Girsupah, in North Ca- 



nara, on the western coast of the Madras Territories, 385 



GEOLOGY. 



8. Preparing for Publication by Subscription, - 387 



9. Preparing for Publication by Subscription, - ib. 



BOTANY. 



10. Inflammation of the Fraxinella (Dictamnus alba). By 



BioT, ------ ib. 



11. Influence of Coloured Rays on the Growth of Plants. 



By M. C. MoREEN, - - - - 891 



