ii CONTENTS. 



Art. V. A Monograph of the Family of Plants called CuNO- 

 NiACEiE. By Mr David Don, Librarian to the 

 Linnean Society ; Member of the Imperial Aca- 

 demy Naturae Curiosorum ; of the Royal Botanical 

 Society of Ratisbon ; and of the Wernerian Society 

 of Edinburgh, &c. Communicated by the Author, 84 

 ^^I. Discourse delivered by Baron Alexander Hum- 

 boldt at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Im- 

 perial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg, held 

 on the 28th November 1829, - - 97 



VII. On Artesian or Overflowing Wells, - - 111 



VIII. On the Botany of India, and the Facilities afl^orded 

 for its investigation by the Hon. East India Com- 

 pany. By M. Db Candolle, - - 123 

 IX. On the Subtropical Zone. By Baron Leopold Von 



BucH, . - - - - 129 



X. On Milk, and its Adulteration in Paris, - 134 



XI. Remarks on Sir Humphrey Davy's Opinions re- 

 specting Volcanic Phenomena. By Mr W. J. Gi- 

 RARDIN, - - - - - l3(i 



XII. On Changes of Temperature in Plants, - 140 



XIII. Naturgeshichtliche Reisen durch Nord Africa, &c. 



Natural History Travels in Northern Africa and 

 Western Asia, from 1820 to 1825 ; by Drs Hemp- 

 rich and Ehrenberg. Historical part, with 

 Maps and Views, - - - 143 



XIV. On the Irritability of the Stamina of the Barberry, 146 

 XV. Chronological Series of the more important Changes 



made upon the Coasts by the Sea, from the Eighth 

 Century to the present day, - - 1 47 



XVI. Notice of a Memoir read by Dr Hibbert to the Scot- 

 tish Society of Antiquaries, on the Caves occupied 

 by the early Inhabitants of the West of Europe ; 

 ^vith illustrations of some still remaining in France 

 and Italy, - - - - 149 



XVII. New Societies, — 



1. Geographical Society of London, . - 152 



2. Geological Society of France, - - 156 



3. Statistical Societies in France, > . 157 

 XVIII. Observations on the Cause of the Spouting of Over- 

 flowing Wells or Artesian Fountains, - ib 



