ISO ANALYSIS or A PECULIAE SOIL. 



Figs. 5, 6. — Violet petal: lig. 5, upper skin, purple ; fig# 

 6, pabulum, white. 



Figs. 7, 8, f). — Crown-imperial and orange lily i: fij;. 7, 

 first skin red ; next, fij^. 8, tlie net, green ; and nnd'er^^eath, 

 fi]j. 9, the pabulum of a dirty yellow white ; which tp^^ethej: 

 make the flower of a beautiful rich orang;e, " 



Figs. 10, 11. — Jacobean lily : fig. 10, the upper skia, 

 red ; fig. 11, pabulum, yellow bubbles, imparting its Jiery 

 tint from the divifion of light in them. 



Fig, 12.— The heartsease, cut in thickness to show the 

 rows at top and bottom of the petal. 



Fig. 13. — The thick magnolia petal, cut in thickness, 

 but not so much magnified. 



Fig. 14. — Everlasting flower cut in thickness. 



P/a^eVl,fig. 1,— 'The banner of the bean flower, x .t 

 'spiral vessels. 



Fig. 2. — A case holding the spiral vessels, with the nou- 

 rishing vessels at the side. 

 ' Fig. 3. — Petal of the rose. 



Fig. 4.— -Wing of the lathyris flower. 



Fig. 5. — Keel of a lathyris, x spiral vessels. 



III. 



Analysis of a Soil containing free Muriatic Acid, and 

 Muriates of Soda, Lime, Alumine, Magnesia, and Man' 

 ganese, jBy fAeiiet). William Gregok.. Communicated 

 hj the Author* 



Saline matter /j^S I was passing through a lane, in my neighbourhood, 



some months ago, I was struck with the appearance of 



some saline matter on the soil, which formed the base of a 



hedge. This soil was what agriculturists, I presume, 



ort a compact would denominate " a compact yellow loam." — It was not 



yallow loam. « j^arf^ ground''' ', for the road had been evidently cut 



Situation. through it.—The spot is situate in the middle of a hill, of 



gradual ascent, in the parish of Merther, in the county of 



Cornwall, about a quarter of a mile from the river, wliich 



flows through Tfessilian bridge, which is a tide river. But, 



- - if 



