336 Miscellany. [Oct., 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste. 



Edited by Ji. J. Downing; Proprietor, Luther Tucker, Esq. 

 This work we regard as a valuable addition to our stock of peri- 

 odicals. Its appearance indicates, and the support it receives 

 proves the progress of good taste, and greater interest in the or- 

 namental branches of husbandry. 



Resumption of the Annals of the JYeio York Lyceum. 



We are happy to see this excellent publication revived. The 

 papers which are contained in the last numbers are valuable contri- 

 butions to science. This, together with the Journal of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy ofJYatural Science, and the Transactions of the 

 Boston JVatural History Society, form a great body of American 

 scientific matter. Silliman^s Journal is more general and more 

 popular in its aims, and fills of course a wider field. It is pub- 

 lished with great regularity, and contains all foreign discoveries 

 which it gives in admirably condensed forms. 



The following is a list of our standard monthlies, which are 

 received in exchange. Albany Cultivator, American Agricul- 

 turist, Boston Cultivator, JYew York Farmer and Mechanic, 

 Spirit of the Times, Genesee Farmer, Prairie Farmer, Ohio 

 Cultivator, Farmer'' s Cabinet, Southern Agriculturist, Horticul- 

 turist, American Journal of Insanity. Several other periodicals 

 which we should be happy to exchange with. 



Books Received. 



Brown's Forest and Fruit Trees of America. 



American Herd Book, by L. F. Allen. 



Randall's Incentives to the Study of Geology. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, Nos. 

 4,5,6,7. 



Molusques Vivants et Fossiles, 1 livraison. 



Paleontologie Universal des Coquilles, etc., V liv., par Alcide 

 D'Orbigny. 



ADULTERATION OF IODINE. 



M. Herberger draws attention to the fact that with the present 

 high price of iodine sophistications are uncommonly frequent. 

 Thus he found in one sample native sulphuret of antimony. But 

 the adulteration with artificial graphite is far more deceptive ;_ it 

 may, however, be readily detected by driving off the iodine 

 at a gentle heat, and subsequently raising the temperature with 

 access of air. In one instance the author found no less than 51 

 per cent, of graphite. — Pharm. Journ. 



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