The work of the pas 

 relation of the vario 



here may be a thickeninj 



ows very clearly the harmonious 

 of strata over vast areas, that 

 ning out of beds at 

 all be correlated from the Missouri 

 River to the Sierra Nevada Basin. The fact also that there is no 

 physical or paleontological break in tin se ".-roups over lar^e areas, 

 from the Cretaceous to the middle Tertiary is fully e- 

 The transition from marine to brackish water forms of life, com- 

 mences at the close of the Cretaceous epoch and, without a.iv line 

 .p. that can yet be detected, continues on upward until 

 onlv purely fresh water forms are to be found. Dr. White, an 

 and -'t'nloir.st .-ays that the line must be 

 drawn somewhere between the Cretaceous and Ternary epochs, 

 but that it will lie -tri -tlv arbitrary, as there is no physical I ireak 

 to the summit of the Bridger group. h. 



2. Geological Surv 

 the Ashes of the Hemp and Buekw'h, ,( 1" nts, w it 1 o muk- on 

 its bearing on Hemp Culture in Kentucky, by R. Peter, M.D., 

 Chcini-t to the Survey. Publications of the Geological Survey of 

 Kentucky under X. S. :-,haler. Director. Part III, vol. ii. Second 

 Series. 25 pp. 8vo. Frankfort, Kentucky.-— The following re- 

 inn 1 ,- on h nip u;d tl -es arc copied from pages 11 to 13 

 of this Report. "In order to ascertain the relative fertilizing 

 influence of the leaves and roots, three hemp plants were collected, 

 July 25th, 1864, in the dry season. These, one male and two 

 female plants, were about six to seven feet high. The leaves, 

 ' i and thoroughly air dried, 



ed as follows: 



with the follow 



ed and their ashes analyzed, 

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