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NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 
BOTANY. 
small tertiary basin, at Brognon, north-east of Dijon, in the depart- 
ment de la Cote d’Or, the following abstract of which is from L’ Institut 
of July 25:—‘ The vegetable remains are referable to 13 species of 
12 genera, which are Flabellaria, Quercus (2), Migrica, Ficus, Cinna- 
momum, Andromeda, se Ilex, Zizyphus, Xanthozylon, Cercis, Pecop- 
teris. he an 
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namomum ally this flora to that of Japan; the jujube to that of Timor; 
Androinoda to that of the Isle Maurice. The maple and the holly still 
preserved at Armissan, es Monod, (Eningen, in the 
d@’Aix,’ and in the Swiss ‘Molasse 
The author concludes as ities; t : 
lst. That during the period when the flora of Brognon flourished, there was in this lo- 
uya San water lake, very rich in Saletan ms sediments ts by the agency of which the 
2nd. That the age of the lake may be determined oe comparison with analogous de- 
Posits; it should probably ehi berg in the Lower Mioce 
3rd. That this flora cons f a mixture of tropical and temperate forms, and such 
that characterize the Anon a Mexico and Central dancin: and that the temperature 
of Europe, sortable gd epoch, was to these regions.—R. Tate, 
Tita Oct, 1, 1866, 
my by, T adopted pan ri colours. Dla bate 
png pn ih ok, whch wa the Size of my sheets of 
the 
then placed i I fender, o or r on the hob, or in i oven if 
it were not too hot, and in three the whole batch of spe- 
cimens was perfectly dried. It required alittle care e to take them out 
at the right moment, when they were baked just enough, and not too 
much; but this care being given, the success of the plan was perfect. 
Many specimens still in my herbarium bear witness to the superiority 
of such sie gee drying over the old method.”—F, T. M. Loboro ugh. 
r Method.—‘‘ I have adopted the plan of drying Pena by heat 
for some ap o on the recommendation of a friend. Withsome plants 
