Astronomy and Meteorology.— Account of the great comet of 1858, being vol. 3d of the 



—Comet II, 1862: Companion to Sirius; by LEWts Rutherford, 294.— The Me- 

 teors of August lOih, 1862, communicated by Prof. A. C. Twining, with letters from 

 Mr. B. V. M.vRSfr and xVIr. F. VV. Russell, 2a5.-On some North American Meteorites, 

 by C. F. R,VMMeLSBERG,237-comprising the so-called Meteoric Stone from Waterloo, 

 Seneca Co., N. Y. : the so-called Meteoric Stone from Richland, near Columbia, S. C. : 



Rood, 299.- Ascent of the Vok 

 Church, 300.-Retorts, 302- 

 de Serres, 303.-H. H. de Senn 



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Art. XXV. On the Saliferous Rocks and Salt Springs of Michi- 

 gan ; by Alexander Winchell, 307 



XXVI. On the Perception of Relief; by Prof. Edwin Emerson, 312 

 XX VH. On ihe Relations of Death to Life in Nature ; by J. D. Dana, 316 

 XXVill. On the Carbonates of AIutTiina, Glucina and the se.squi- 

 oxyds of Iron, Chromium and Uranium ; by Theodore 

 Paroian, Ph.D., 321 



XXIX. Supplements to the Enumeration of Plants of Dr. Parry's 

 Collection in the Rocky Mountains.— Supplement I, Co- 

 nifers ; by Drs. Parry and Engelmann, 330.— Supple- 

 ment 11, Revision of the CEnolherffi of the subsection 

 Onagra; by Dr. Engelmann, 332.— Supplement III, Re- 

 vision of the genus Castilleia ; by A. Gray, 335.— Supple- 

 ment IV, Review of the genus Meriensia ; by A. Gray, 339. 



XXX. Researches on the Platinum Metals; by WolcottGibbs,M D.,341 



XXXI. Geographical Notices. No. XVIII.— Return of Hall's 

 Arctic Expedition, 356. — Anniversary of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society : Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, 358.— Topographical Survey of Spain, 361.— 

 Khanikoff's Researches in Persia, 362.— Various recent 

 English Surveys in China, 363. — Measurement of a Peak in 

 the Karakorum range, second in height to Mount Everest, 

 565— Fiji Islands, 366. 



