yiiscellanies . 375 



7. Ebullition with oxalic acid, and estimating the carbonic acid pro- 

 duced. The fifth method is pronounced the best ; the 4th is also 

 good, but the 6th and 7th are erroneous. — Jour. d'Erdmann, t. 18. 

 p. 75. 



22. Jahreshericht der Kbnigl. ScJnvedischen,'^ ^c. — On the pro- 

 gress of the science of botany during the year 1832. Translated 

 from the Report of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden, 

 with numerous additions by C. T. Beilschmied. 



The Swedish annual from which this work is translated, is un- 

 doubtedly one of the most valuable scientific periodicals of the day. 

 The rapid advancement of the various sciences, and the scattering 

 here and there of the discoveries that are brought to light and the re- 

 sults of investigations, through the various periodicals of the world, 

 render it very desiderable that there should be published annually, 

 collected abstracts of all the works and articles that have appeared du- 

 ring the past year. Such is the object of the Arsberdttelser om Ve- 

 tensJcapernas Framsteg, published at Stockholm by the Royal Acad- 

 emy of Sciences of Sweden, of which it is a sufficient commenda- 

 tion to say that Berzelius is one of its contributors. The science of 

 botany is under the charge of Joh. Em. Wikstrom, who is the au- 

 thor of the article translated in the above mentioned work. Its sen- 

 eral divisions, are, I. Phytography, 11. Botanical Geography, III. 

 Anatomy of Plants, IV. Physiology, V. Fossil Flora, VI. Botan- 

 ical Literature. Under these heads are noticed upwards of a hun- 

 dred different works issued during the year, besides numerous arti- 

 cles from the various periodicals of Europe and America. Of the 

 articles and works quoted, the author has given quite full abstracts, 

 all new discoveries contained in them, or new classifications and the- 

 ories proposed, being noticed in full ; so that by means of it we are 

 fully informed of the advancement of the science and of the new 

 accessions to its literature. It is indeed, for the year, of itself a 

 botanical library. 



* Jahresbericht der Konigl. Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenchaften fiber 

 die Fortschritfe der Botanik im Jahre 1832. Der Akademie Ubergeben am 31 

 Marz, 1833, von Joh. Em. Wikstrom. Uebersetzt uiid mit Zusat.zen versehen von 

 C. T. Bkilschmied. 8°. 186 ss. Mit 3 lithogr. Zeidmucgcn auf 2 Cl.artchen. 

 1835. Bredau. Ira commission bei J. Max and comp. 



