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On an Unusual Drought in the Lake District in 1859. By 
John Davy, M.D., F.R.S.S. Lond. and Edin., . 325 
On the Constitution of the Essential Oil of Cajeput. By 
Mr Maximilian Schmidl, Assistant to Dr T. Ander- 
son, University of Glasgow, . . . 326 
On the Action of Chlorine on Citric Acid. Hexachlori- 
nated Acetone. By John Galletly, Esq., . 327 
Notice of a Panoramic Sketch of Kashmir, recently re- 
ceived from India. By Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, 332 
Donations to the Library. . . . . 336 
Monday , 3 Oth April 1860. 
Account of the Asafoetida Plants ( Narthex Asafcetida) 
(Falconer), which have recently flowered and fruited 
in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. By Professor 
Balfour, . . . . .337 
On the Composition of the Glassy Surface of some Vitrified 
Forts. By Thomas Bloxam, F.C.S., Assistant 
Chemist to the Industrial Museum of Scotland, . 338 
On the Reduction of Observations of Underground Tem- 
perature, with Applications to Professor Forbes’ 
Edinburgh Observations and the continual Calton 
Hill Series. By Professor William Thomson, Glas- 
gow, ...... 342 
On a Method of Reducing Observations of Underground 
Temperatures, with its Application to the Monthly 
Mean Temperatures, &c. By Professor Everett, . 346 
Donations to the Library, .... 347 
