Australasian Scientific 
M AGAZ I N E. 
EDITED BY 
ROBERT T. LITTON, F.N.S., Ere. 
CONTENTS :* 
Botany. — The Old and the New. 
By R. L. 
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On Probabilities.— Part I. 
By Robert Thomson, F.J.A. 
The Length of the Day. 
By William Whew ell, M.A. 
Reports of Societies. 
The Editor’s Chair. 
ILLUSTRATION : 
James Stirling, Esq., F.G.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.A., etc., etc. 
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Gallery. — James Stirling, 
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Descriptive Notes on Papuan 
Plants. — P art II. 
By Baron Ferd. Von Mueller, 
K. C. M. G., M. & Ph.D., 
F.R.S., etc., etc. 
Natural Progression. 
By Hey kim Nabi Cos mos '. 
Holiday Rambles in the Australian 
Alps. — P art II. 
By James Stirling, F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 
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