THE GANADIAII JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUnBI, §CIiNCi, AND IHT; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PEOCEEDIIGS OE THE CAMDIAl INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, MAY, 1853, 



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Address delivered at the Annual Convei-sazione of tlie 

 Canadian Institute, April 2ud: by Mr. Justice Draper.. 217 



On the Poisonous Plants which are indigenous to, or which 

 have become natui'alized, in the neighbourhood of Tor- 

 onto: by Edward M. Hodder, M.C. & M.R.C.S. 218 



On Accidental Discoveries: by Henry Scadding, D.D., 

 Cantab ___ 220 



Note on Fossils from the Ottawa River : by J. W. Salter, 

 F.G.S., A.L.S 221 



On the increased Strength of Cast-iron, produced by the 

 use of Improved Coke: by W. Fairbairn, M. Inst., C. E. 222 



On the Valley of the Nottawasaga, with plate : by Sandford 

 Fleming, C.E 223 



On the Electrotyping Operations of the United States Coast 

 Survey 226 



Notice of the "Mastoden Giganteus " of Dr. J. C. Warren. 230 



E N T S : 



Correspondence, — 



On the Railway Termini and Pleasure Grounds in the 

 City of Toronto, with plate 233 



The Grand Trunk Railway Company. Appendix to the 

 Prospectus 235 



The Darien Ship Canal 236 



Scientific Intelligence, — 



Belcher's Artesian Well, in St. Louis ._ 237^ 



Royal Institution 237 



A Scientific Golddigger . 237 



Moiithl}' Meteorological Register for Toronto 238 



" " " for St. Martin's 239 



Eastern Townships, Manufacturing Materials 240 



The Metal Trade of the United Kingdom 240 



Obituary. — Death of Von Buch 



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