vi Contents. 



26. Extracts from the Journals. — Nutrition of Plants, 



Liebig's Theory, 302 — Liebig's Patent Manures, 305 — Ro- 

 tation of Crops, the Potato Disease, 310 — Human Fossils, a 

 Translation, by G. C Monell, 3J1— Galvanic Electricity, 

 312 — Horsford 'sand Johnson's Analysis of Red Clover, 313 — 

 Goadby's Preservative Fluid, 313 — Stature of Man in differ- 

 ent countries, 314 — Cultune of Madder, 314 — Respiration in 

 Man, 314— The Fore-Aim of Mammalia, 314 — Stand by 

 Your Own, 315— Gupo, 318— Nickel, 321— Well at Cre- 

 nelle, 322— Starch, 322— Lute for Joining Tubes, 322— Me- 

 teorological Observations, 322 — Dark color of Clouds over 

 Lake Ontario, 322— Fall of Lake Ontario, 323— Sudden Fall 

 and Rise of Lake Ontario, 324 — Comparative Snow, 324 — • 

 Table of Thermometrical Observations at Rochester, 325 — 

 Table of the amount of Rain and melted Snow at Albany, 327. 



27. Editortal Notices. — Visit of Distinguished Foreigners, 



328— Heigiit ot Vesuvius, 328— Reward of Merit, 328— Gra- 

 dual Rise of Newfoundland, 328 — Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Seeds, Fruits, &c., 328. 



