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Vill CONTENTS. 
Botany and Zoology—Martivs; Flora Brasiliensis: Journal of the Proceedings of the 
Linnean Society: on Americe Septentrionalis Exsiccati, Curante Epvarpo 
Tuckerman, A.M., 412.—NyLanpbER; Synopsis Methodica Lichenum omnium 
hucusque ak. shaiaiain Introductione Lingua Gallica tractata: Mrers; Iilus- 
the Flowering Plants and peace indigenous to, or naturalized in, the British Isles, by 
EoRGE Bentuam, F. —Vegetation around the Volcanic Craters of the Island 
of Java, by M. H. Viecaea ‘46. —The Lotus or Sacred Bean of India, 418.—Hairs 
of Urticacee, 419.—The complete writings of Thomas Say on the Conchology of the 
United States, edited by W. G. Binney, 420. 
Extracts from the Address of Prof. esa before the British Association —Geological time, 
421.—Earth’s Magnetism, 422.—Electric Currents in Animals, 423. Phone 
Electric Telegraph : Hauiusiogy. 424. Soho 425.—G ae and Geolog- 
ical Distribution of Species, 427.—Extinction of Species, 431.~Man 
eae ile and fifty-fifth Asteroids: Fourth Comet rf a Fifth Comet of 
433.—Seventh Comet of 1858: Total Solar Eclipse of Se 434.—-Shoot- 
ages stars of ps 9-10, 1853: Falling stars in August, 425. mentiie Stone from near 
Mainz, 436. 
Scientific Intelligence——The Aquarian Naturalist,a Manual for the Sea 
Side, by Tuomas Rymer Jones, F.R.S.,436—On the Application of Electricity in 
Local Anesthesis in Tooth Drawing, 439.—On the AUantic Cable, by Wiiuram 
Gravatt, Esq., etc., 440 —On the Submarine Plateaus of the East Indies, by George 
Winpsor Ear, M.R.A.S., 442.—Alum in China, by Dr. Maccowan, 444.—Report of 
the U. States Sexinin fuchdaiy; by see WixiraM H. Emory: Prodromus Descrip- EI 
tionis Animalinm Evertebratorum, &c., by W. Stimpson, 446.—Chemical Analysisof __ 
the Scales of the Striped Bass ( Gilex ph by Mr. Joun Green: On the Rate 
of Growth of Coral, by T'.. Lyman: First Principles of Physics or Natural Philosophy, 
by Bensamin Sitiiman, Jr., M.D.: Hansteen: The Mathematical Monthly, “i 
Black’s Atlas of North America: Sys tematic Philosophy, and New Theories of 
and Heat, by Grorcr FetLows Harrineton, 448,—Obituary.—Death of Professor 
ParKeER CLEVELAND, 448,—Notices of New Publications, 450. 
Index, 451. 
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