CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Notes on the Vegetable Products op Tasmania, a't the International 



Exhibition of 1862. By William- Archer, F.L.S. . . . . . 1 



Note on the Silkworm. By James Morris . . . ,'.-'. 5 



The Manufacture of Leather Cloth 7 



Essential (Jils from the Genera Eucalyptus and Melaleuca, sdit- 



able_for General Application in the Arts' 11 



Description of the Chief Forest Trees of Upper Canada. By J. B. 



Hnrlbert, L.L.D. . . . . , 31 



The Fishjes of Prince Edward Island. By the Rev. George Sutherland 42 



On the Antidote Cacoon. By N. Wilson 46 



Notes on Apparently Useful Woods hitherto little known. By 



John E. Jackson 49 



On the Medicinal Qualities of the Red Gum of Australia. By 



James Sutherland, M.D. 69 



On the Tobacco Trade and Cultivation of the District of Cavalla, 



Turkey. By Mr. Maling, British Vice-Consnl 70 



New Ice Machine . . . , ■. .80 



Cotton Cultivation in Italy . 82 



On Tamanu Resin and Oil from the Society Islands. By G. Cuzent 84 



Wool and Woollen Manufactures. By EdAvard T Stevens ... 88 

 On the Amaranth Wood and the Colour of Woods. By Professor J. 



Arnandon, of Turin - . . .97 



African Palms. By Dr. W. Balfour Baikie, R N . 103 



A Visit to the Great Exhibition. By Thomas D. Rock. No. II. . 105 



On the Banana and Plantain By Paul Madinier 112 



The Uses of the Bamboo. By S. Wells Williams, L.L.D. . . . 120 



Notes on Borneo Woods. By Spencer St. John . . . . . 123 



Substitutes for Cotton and New Fibres 125 



Chemical Substances and Products of India . . . .131 



Bebeerine from the Greenheart Tree. By Dr. H. Rodie . . .140 



The Marbles of Italy. By Igino Cocchi . . . . , . ■ . 145 

 The Seed of Owala or Opochala, of the Gaboon and Fernando Po, 



and the Oil which it contains. By Professor J. Arnaudon . . 155 



Purification of Petrolean Oils 158 



