CONTENTS. vil 
XIII. On the Cretaceous and Superior Formations of West 
Tennessee ; by Jas. M. Sarrorp, - 
XXXIV. On the Influence of Ozone and some ohek Chemical 
Agents on Germination and Vegetation; by M. Carey Lea, 3878 
XXXV. Remarks on the Distillation of Substances of different 
Volatilities ; by M. Carey Lea, : - 377 
XXXVI. The original accounts of the Goi in Cay, times of 
the November Star-Shower; together with a determination 
of the length of its cycle, its annual period, and the probable 
orbit of the group of bodies around the sun; by 
EWTON, — - - . - . - - . - 3877 
XXXVII. Note on the Product of the Reaction between the Mono- 
oe of Potassium and the Bromid of Ethylene, and on 
eral compounds derived from it; by J. M. Crarrts, - 3890 
XXXVIIL On the mechanical and chemical treatment of Gold 
and other metals; by James D. WHELPLEY,~ - . 401 
XXXIX. Mineralogical Notices ; by Cuartes Uruam Seeuike: 405 
Page. 
XXXII. On Shepard’s Paracolumbite ; by F. Pisany, . - 3859 
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360 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Physics and Chemisiry.—On the spectrum of carbon, ATTFIELD: On the optical distine- 
PE- 
Seycer : On the action of light upon nitro-prussi sodinm, Roussin, 408.—On the 
barometer, as an indicator of the earth’s rotation, and the sun’s distance, by Puixy 
Earve Cuase, 409.— auve or Anilin purple, Perkin, 413.— } 
Pipe Beads, by Georce H. Emerson, 4]4.—Elements of Chemistry, Theoretical and 
Practical, by Winttam ALLEN MiLuer, M.D., LL.D, etc., 415 
Mineralogy and Geology.—Voleano of Kilauea, Hawaii: I. Letter from Rev. T, Coan, 
415: IL Letter from Rev. O. H. Guiicx, 416.--On Glacial Phenomena in Nova Scoti 
by B. eae Jr., 417.—Synopsis of the Flora of the Carboniferous Period in Nova 
Scotia, by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., ete. , 419—~Report of J. D, Whitney, on the Geo- 
logical ee ey of California, 427. bie Mass of Native Copper, by J. B. Townsenp: 
— | Rhizopods of Canada, in a letter from T. Srerry Hunt, F.R.S., 431.— 
Ueber dyadische Pflanzen, by Dr. H. B. Getnitz: Beitriige zur Kenntstie 
der organischen Ueborsesté i in der Dyas und tiber den Namen Dyas: Appendix tothe « 
third edition of the Antiquity of Man, by Sir Cuartes Lyeiu: A popular and practical 
exposition of the Minerals and Geology of Canada, by E. J. Cuarman, Ph.D., 432. 
Botany and Zoology.—On the Popula¥ Names of British Plants, hy R. C. A. Prion, M.D., 
ete., 433.—Cosson et Germain de Saint-Pierre, Flore des Environs de Paris—Synopsis 
Analytique de Ia Flore des Environs de Paris, 434.--Des Fleurs de Pleine Terre, com- 
Prenant la Description et Ja Culture des Fleurs Annuelies, Vivaces, et Bulbeu 
pleine terre, etc., par ViLMontN-ANDRIEUX : Monographia Generis Lepigonorum, auc- 
tore N.C. Krxpzere, 435.—Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa, etc.—Botany 
of the Galapagos Islands, by N. J. ANDERSSON: Caroli Wright Lichenes Insule Cubs, 
