74 Scientific Intelligence. 
The capes formula ae apna is Cu,,Bi,As,,H,,0,,. Described 
by Sch as h tor ae and bismutite at Joachims- 
thal.  "Zeitsch. Kryst., iv, 5 27 751 
10. Analysis of the "Meteoric tos from Cleberne Co., Alabama; 
by J. B. Macxintosu, E.M. (Communicated by W. E. Hidden.) 
—The followi ng is an "analysis of the meteoric iron from Chula- 
finnee, Cleberne Co., Ala., describe ‘ by W. E. Hidden, in the 
May number (p. 870) of this Journal; the analysis is by J. B. 
Mackint 
Yo 91.608, Ni 7368, Co 0°500, P 0°170=99°646 
Thirtieth = say sien mu cap Seg of the New York State Museum 
of ‘Natural History. Alban —tThe first of these reports, ‘‘transmitted to 
the Legislature “Apel 13, 1877, : psa de Report of the Botanist, C. H. Peck, 
occupying 56 pages; a paper on the lithology of the Adirondacks, by A. R. Leeds, 
32 pages; another on the structure of Astrewospongia meniscus, by ee J. W. Hall 
and R. Fritz-Geertner, 6 pages; and entomological contributions, No. IV, by J. A. 
Lintner, 130 pages. The second oe a ‘Report of the Botanist, ©. ‘HL. Peck ; 
notes 0 im 
eg 
and Trenton Limestone, by 0. D. Wolcott; and notes on Phlogopite, by R. Fritz- 
Geertner. 
Ill. Botany AND Zoonoey. 
1. Action of Light on ae paste —It is well pth gee that, 
for a plant to complete its development and mature its seeds, 
though the latter enjoys a considerably higher temperature. A 
grain of wheat grown at near the sea-level in Norway, or in lower 
latitudes, when propagated at high elevations or in a high latitude 
will mature earlier, even although at a lower temperature ; and it 
is said that, within limits compatible with its cultivation, bk 
grain increases in size ay weight. Is this the case with Min 
days and of the higher altitude,—a natural explanation, since it 
is normally or mainly under light that nutritive matter is formed. 
ht d eed, that 
conditions is of greater size and w — but not - the produce 
to the acre, or the number of grains to the is increased. 
From the analogy of Indian corn in this pee the contrary 
