Mr. Ilavvoitli on Ihc Narcissinetr. 275 



most obvious marks ot" violent derangement; and the trap 

 rocks, in the form of large and numerous veins, are found to 

 traverse, indiscriminately, all the other formations. It is im- 

 possible, then, to believe, that the same laws have governed 

 the disposition, both of these compounds, and of the strata 

 which contain organic remains, and exhibit greater uniformity 

 of structure; and every arrangement which assigns to both a 

 common origin, or attempts to include the trap, and other 

 similar formations, in the general sei'ies of rocks, must be de- 

 fective, and radically inconsistent. The capital mistake of 

 Werner (to which he was led, no doubt, by an erroneous 

 theory), was, that he attempted such a combination, and neg- 

 lected those demonstrations of violence and disturbance. 



In England, although the greater part of the country wants 

 the more striking features of the primitive tracts, it fortunately 

 happens that the series of secondary strata is nearly complete ; 

 and, when our great extent of coast is taken into the account, 

 few countries present a field for geological observation in which 

 the phasnomena are at once so varied and so well displayed. 

 It will soon be perceived that the inferences from Mr. Smith's 

 examination of this country, coincide, to a great extent, with 

 those of Werner : and this coincidence, between tlie results 

 obtained by two independent observers, through channels of 

 inquiry so different, is no small confirmation, both of the 

 fidelity of their observations, and of the correctness of their 

 deductions from them. 



[To be continued.] 



LI. Observationes quaedam ad NarcissinIcas spectantes; 

 Autore A. H. Haworth, Soc. Linn. Loud. — Soc. Horticult. 

 Lond.-^Soc. CcEs. Nat. Curios. Mosc. — Soc. Reg. Horticult. 

 Belgic. — 7iec7i07i Bot. Reg. Ratish,, Socius : S)C. Sfc. 



To the Editors of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal. 

 Gentlemen, 

 ¥N this my thirty-second communication to your valuable and 

 •"- scientific Journal, a few material alterations and amend- 

 ments, together with some novelties towards the improvement 

 of my Na7xissincarum Mo7iographia, may be acceptable to your 

 readers; made from the living plants during the blooming 

 season of the fine spring of 1832, during great part of which 

 time the fragrant Narcissi7iciv were very ornamental, and I 

 think finer than, up to that time, I ever beheld them. Hut 

 there are nevertheless many dubious points I am not even 

 yet able completely to clear up respecting these intricate 

 2 N 2 



