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The death of Mr. Hunneman, who has for a very great number of 

 ) T ears transacted, in the most prompt and liberal manner, the busi- 

 ness concerns connected with the purchase and transmission of books 

 and parcels of so large a portion of naturalists both of this country 

 and the continent, will be long and severely felt. But it is with 

 great pleasure we can announce, that Mr. Win, Pamplin, Jun., bo- 

 tanical bookseller of Wandsworth Road, London, (and now also of 

 No. 9, Queen Street, Soho,) has succeeded Mr. Hunneman in this 

 department. We have the pleasure to know Mr. Pamplin per- 

 sonally, and are well acquainted with his punctual business habits, 

 his great steadiness of character, his obliging manners, and his ar- 

 dent attachment to natural history in general and to botany in par- 

 ticular ; and we can with confidence recommend him as a worthy 

 successor to our lamented friend. We have reason to believe that 

 circulars, containing further particulars, will at once be issued by 

 Mr. Pamplin, and we know that he will have the advice and as- 

 sistance of Mr. Hunneman's family in the first outset of his transac- 

 tions. — W. J. H. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEBRUARY, 1839. 



C/iiswick. — Feb. 1. Overcast: fine: frosty at night. 2. Sharp frost. 3. 

 Thawing: hazy. 4. Fine: cloudy. 5. Hazy: heavy rain at night. 6. Foggy. 



7. Drizzly. 8. Hazy : cloudy and windy at night. 9. Overcast. 10. Very 

 fine. 1). Dense fog. 12. Fine: overcast: rain. 13. Fine. 14. Boisterous. 

 15. Clear. 16. Stormy and wet : fine. 17. Clear. 18. Snowing: sleet: 

 clear. 19. Sharp frost. 20. Bleak and cold. 21. Cloudy and cold: dry haze : 

 rain at night. 22. Hazy : rain. 23. Rain : very fine. 24. Very fine. 25. 

 Clear: showery: fine. 26. Clear and frosty: fine. 27. Fine. 28. Very fine. 



Boston.— Feb. 1. Fine. 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 4, 5. Fine : 

 rain p.m. 6. Cloudy. 7,8. Fine. 9. Fine: rain p.m. 10. Fine. 11. 

 Cloudy. 12,13. Fine. 14. Stormy. 15. Fine. 16. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 

 17—19. Fine. 20,21. Cloudy. 22. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 23. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. 24. Fine. 25. Fine : hail and snow p.m. 26. Fine. 27. 

 Cloudy. 28. Fine. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Feb. 1. Clear day : ground covered with 

 snow. 2. Cloudy : gentle thaw. 3. Moderate thaw : snow melting slowly. 

 4. Moderate thaw : small rain evening. 5. Thaw continuing : snow melting. 

 6. The same: very temperate : rain p.m. 7. Stormy day: snow gone : very wet. 



8. Quiet a.m. : wind rose p.m. : wet. 9. Rain : dark and cloudy : mild. 10. 

 Fair and mild : threatening p.m. 1 1. Raw cold : cloudy. 12. Fine day : flying 

 hail showers. 13. Mild a.m. : rain and wind p.m. 14. Boisterous day : fre- 

 quent hail and sleet. 15. Tolerable spring day: wet p.m. 16. Showers of 

 snow: high wind. 17. Snow half an inch deep : frosty. 18. Moderate day : 

 snow melting : freezing. 19. Fine frosty day : getting cloudy p.m. 20. Favour- 

 able day : slight snow. 21. Hard frost : cloudy : slight snow p.m. 22. Thaw: 

 snow preceding night : snow melts. 23. Very fine day : temperate and spring- 

 like. 24. On the whole mild : occasional showers. 25. Moderately temperate : 

 slight frost a.m. 26. Fine day though rather chill. 27. Severe showers of sleet : 

 cleared up p.m. 28. Occasional slight showers. 



