Natural History.- *— Mineralogy. 193 
^9. Transactions of the Geological Society :-^Tbe Geological 
Society has just published a half volume of Transactions, being 
the commencement of a new series. It contains the following 
papers : — On the Geology of dm southern coast of England, 
from Bridport to Babbacombe Bay, Devon, by H. T. De la 
Beche , Esq.~ On the Ragshot Sand', by Henry WarburtonfEsq . 
— On a Fresh-water Formation in Hordwell Cliff, by Mr Web- 
ster. — On Glen Tilt, by Dr MacCulloch. — On the Excavation 
of Valleys by Diluvian action, by the Rev. Professor Buckland. 
— On the genera Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus, by the Rev. 
W. Conybeare.—O u time of the Geology of Russia, by the Hon. 
William T. H. Fox Strangways. —On the Geology of the coast 
of France, Department de la Seine Inferieure, by ,H. T. De la 
Beche , Esq. — On the Valley of the Sutluj, in the Himalaya 
Mountains, by H. T. Colebrooke , Esq.—- On the Geology of the 
north-eastern border of Bengal, by H. T. Colebrooke , Esq.; with 
various other papers and notices ; the whole illustrated by 9A 
plates, maps and sections, many of them coloured. 
BOTANY. 
The following notices, on subjects connected with Gardening 
and Botany, are derived from a work just published, under the 
title of 44 Journal of a Horticultural Tour by a Deputation of 
the Caledonian Horticultural Society,” and which, we believe, 
was written chiefly by P. Neill, Esq. Secretary of that Society, 
and no doubt owes much of its value and interest to his learning, 
sagacity, and activity of research. 
30. Succory as a Blanched Salad. — The Cichorium Intybus 
or succory, is a plant indigenous to Britain, rare indeed in Scot- 
land, but very common in the chalk districts of England. A 
variety of this plant, improved by cultivation, is found very 
useful in France, and it seems strange that it should be wholly 
overlooked in this country. The young leaves are used in 
salads, and for this purpose successive sowings are made in gar- 
dens. When the plant is raised in fields, the outer leaves are 
plucked at different periods of the summer and autumn, and 
given to milch cows. Cows fed on them are said to yield gene- 
rally about a third more milk than when on ordinary fodder ; 
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