CONTENTS'. 
Page . 
Introduction . 1 
Australian Horticultural andAgricultural Society’s 
Exhibition .. *98, 219 
Ditto Ditto Transactions 8, 48, 74,106,120,124 
. v . 184,217,218,224,245 
History of Formation . 2 
List of Papers read ..... 2 
Rules . 3 
By-Laws.... - 3 
Inaugural Address by His Excellency Sir 
W. Denison, k.C.B. ...*.. 4 
Culture of the Dioscorea Batates...... 18 
Native Plants, Pastoral and Agricultural Re¬ 
sources of Australia, bv T. W. Shep¬ 
herd . 51,110, 185, 186, 227, 251 
Shepherd’s Reply to Critic on Native Plants 26 
On the Advantages of Changing Seeds. 26 
Analysis of the Soil of the Hunter, by 
Theodore West . 50 
Grasses (two species) introduced into the 
Colony by E. W. Rudder. 50 
The Bitter Aloe—Ransom Wood... 74 
Irrigation of V inevards—AugustusAnpleford 74 
Thickening of Wine—Augustus Appieford... 
“The Laap,” (with Illustrations) Theodore 
West.... 75 
Artesian Wells. Letter to Secretary of Horti¬ 
cultural Society. By 3 lr. Lewis’Markham 247 
Renovation of Colonial Pastures, by Robert 
Meston... 107 
Eradicating Burs and Thistles growing in the 
Colony, by Lindesay Shepherd... 109 
On the Destruction of Colonial Weeds, by R. 
Meston... 122 
Italian Wheat Straw, by F. Creswick......... 124 
Paragreles, By R. Meston. 177 
Agricultural Associations and Improvement 
Societies .. 178 
Improvement of Pastoral Lands... 181 
Extract—Iodine in the United States.... 181 
Naming or Numbering of Plants; By P. L. C. 
Shepherd. With Illustration .. 187 
The Potato—its Culture, Disease, and Pre¬ 
ventive. By Mr. Lewis Markham. 189 
Simple Mode of Raising Water by Cattle 
Power. By Mr.W. Stewart. With Illus¬ 
tration. 189 
Council Meeting. 226 
The Pastoral Interest, by Robert Meston . 226 
T. W. Shepherd’s Reply to Mr. Robert 
Meston ontho Pastoral Interest and General 
Exhibition of Live Stock . 250 
Clianthus Dampierii. By P, L. C. Shepherd 229 
On Bone Manure and Superphosphate of Lime. 
By Mr. HenryWaymouth.; 230 
On the Origin of Vegetation. By Mr. Lewis 
Markham... 230 
Society’s Model Farm,....;. 244 
Philosophical Society . 8 
History and Rules of.. 8 
Inaugural Address, by His Excellency Sir 
W. Denison, K.C.B., on Rail Roads . D 
Page, 
Abstract of a Paper—By the Hon. E. Peas 
Thomson, C.B., Esq. On Auxiliary Steam 
Transit to Australia. 
The Sanitary Condition of Sydney. By 
Christopher Rolleston, Esq. Read June 
10, 1857 . 
Sanitary Reform of Towns and Cities. By 
Dr. Bland .. '41, 55 
On the Moon’s Rotation. B v Sir W. Denison 43 
XeyrSun-vnagQ (Illustrated ) by W. S. Jevons 68 
Railroads, by Sir W. Denison .. 62 
Railways, financially viewed—W. G. Pen¬ 
nington... 76 
Parramatta Water Works—E. O. Moriarty 70 
Colonial Railways—Sir W, Denison . 78 
Waxed Paper Process of Photography, by 
Frank Haes..,. 99 
Iron Making Resources of New South Wales, 
by J. H. Thomas, C.E.. f . 101 
Action of Lead upon Sydney Water, by Pro¬ 
fessor Smith . 104 
On the application of certain Principles of 
Political Economy to the question of Rail¬ 
ways, by Professor Pell. 124 
On the Meteorology of New South Wales, 
by Rov. W. Scott, M.A..... 128 
On the Structure and Functions of the Venom 
I Apparatus in Serpents, by A. Roberts, Esq., 
Irrigation. ByJSir W. Denison. 140 
On Clouds—their Various Forms and Pro¬ 
ducing Causes ; uith Experimental Illus¬ 
trations, &c. By W. S. Jevons. 163 
Sanitary Reform. By Isaac Aaron, Esq. ... 193 
The Necessity for a Further Exploration of . 
the Interior of the Australian Continent. 
By John Thompson, Esq... 232 
Science of Statistics. By Christopher Rol¬ 
leston, Esq... 254 
Strength of Colonial Timber. Report of Ex¬ 
periments. By Captain Ward, R.E. 25S 
Strength of New Zealand Timber. Report 
of Experiments. By Captain Ward, R.E. 2G1 
Philosophical Society. Election of Office Bearers, 
and Financial Statement for the year ending 
April, 1858...*. 253 
Abstract Returns of Cost and Transport of Goods 
by Road in New South Wales. 11 
Australian Wino..... 13 
School of Arts, Report of Committee on Prizes... 14 
The Meg&thon, with Illustrations . 15 
Woolner’s Bust of Tennyson. 16 
Labour-saving Machinery.*. 21 
On Lime........ 22 
Stumping Trees .. 23 
Colonial Casks for Colonial Wine. By H. Car¬ 
michael, Esq. 2S 
Chemistry in the Wine Cellar. By F. Muspratt, 
Esq. 30 
Production of Silk—an Experiment with Silk 
Worms. By F. Bashford, Esq., Surdah, 
East Indies .. 33 
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