- 146 Bibliography. 
Chemie Organique” from the author’s manuscripts, although the Pro- 
fessor of Chemistry at Montpelier (Gerhardt) seems at present to be held 
in light esteem at Giessen. 
Geological Obie Bations on South America, being the third part of 
the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, during the years 1832-1836; 
by Cuantes Darwin, M. A., F. R.S., F.G.S., Naturalist to the Expe- 
dition. 268 pp., 8vo, ‘with numerous plates. London, 1846.—This work, 
just from the - London press, is one of the most valuable contributions to 
m and fullness, and the work 
is sen ee as well for its illustrations of aed principley in geology, as 
for details respecting the structure of the regions of ae it treats. 
9. The Trees of America; by D. J. Browne.—We are authorized {to 
announce that the pag of the — by Mr. mrs on the trees ‘of 
America, has been such as to warrant the a. ion of a second vol- 
work of any on the subject. 
0. Eureka, or the Journal of the National Association of Inventors; 
published by W. H. Starr, New York.—This Journal, recently estab- 
lished, is a monthly quarto, devoted to the daavdriee! in science and: in- 
ventions in the arts; and as such, as well as for its own merits, it is enti- 
tled to the patronage of all friends of i improvement. 
11. The London Geological Journal and Record of Discoveries in 
British and Foreign Polsintolegy 5 40 pp., 8vo, with 8 lithographic 
plates; 3s. 6d. London.—This is the title of a new Geological Journal, 
the first number of which, printed in an elegant style, made its appear- 
ance in September last is number contains several Paleontological 
articles of imterest, handsomely and more expensively illustrated than 1s 
iy 
enes rare Amer., Sept.—Under this title, Mr. Edward 
am 
shall be supplied to warrant the undertaking. Considerable labor has 
been devoted by him to this branch of botany ‘d uring the last eight years, 
and he has received some important collections from others interested in 
these plants. The object of this hie is to commend the proposed work 
to botanists, and especially to those at the south, and southwest, from 
whence scarcely any specimens of Lichenes have reached him. He hopes 
moreover, that enough may in _ ~~ be accomplished to enable him to 
prepare a Synopsis of our Lichenes and Byssacee, with full descriptions. 
Specimens sent should be pressed cation for the herbarium. If gath- 
ered dry, this can be done by slightly moistening i. 
E. L. Fiscueret C. A. Mever.—Of this work we have the first fasciculus, 
: “imperial folio, published in a style of imperial magnificence. @ 
a prefatory account of the palm house, now in the course of erection at 
St Petersburg Garden, which is 266 feet long, 80 feet broad, and 67 in 
