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INDEX.

Abietineous Cones, Morphology of, 193

Allman, Professor, on Snow Crystals, observed during Frost of December
1860, 312

Amoor, Flora of, 158

Anderson (Professor) Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, noticed, 299

(Dr Thomas) Flora Adenensis, noticed, 300

Artificial Hemispheres, representing the Distribution of Temperature and
Magnetism, 118

Asteracanthion violaceus, Embryology of, 319

Azimuthal Condensing Apparatus for Lighthouses, 273

Babington's Flora of Cambridgeshire, noticed, 304

Baillon, H., on the Female Flower of Coniferæ, 184

Balfour, J. H., on Temperature in connection with Vegetation, 232

T. A. G., Work on the Typical Character of Nature, reviewed, 121
Bewick, Joseph, Work on the Geology of Cleveland, reviewed, 133
Boase, Henry S., Work on the Philosophy of Nature, reviewed, 125
Botanical Intelligence, 157

Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings of, 325

Works, noticed, 305

Bree, C. R., Work on Species not Transmutable, reviewed, 128

Brown, Alexander, Meteorological Register, kept at Arbroath, for 1860, 335
Bryum Duvalii, 326

Canning, A. Colquhoun, on Peculiarities in the Growth of Pine Trees, 325
Cleghorn, Hugh, on Timber used for Railway Sleepers in India, 329

Coal, Albert, of New Brunswick, 167

Plants of Bohemia, 158

Coniferæ, Organogenic Researches on the Female Flower of, 181
Davy, John, on the Acrid Fluid of the Toad, 200

on the Generative Organs of some Cartilaginous Fishes, 309

Dawson's Archaia, or Studies of the Cosmogony and Natural History of the
Hebrew Scriptures, reviewed, 291

Dew, Theory of, by Dr Wells, examined, 56

Diamond Deposits of India, 168

Dickie's Botanist's Guide to the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine,
noticed, 295

Dickson, A., on the Morphological Constitution of certain Abietineous Cones,
193

Duke of Argyll's Address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 138

Dye, New Canadian, 333

Earthquake in Cornwall on 13th January 1860, 100

Echinodermata, New Palæontological Group of, 106

Eclipse of the Sun of July 18, 1860, as observed in Spain, 1

Ectocarpus brachiatus, Synonymy of, 328

Edmonds, Richard, on an Earthquake Shock in Cornwall, 13th January

1860, 100

Fisheries, Fraser River, British Columbia, 164

Forbes, Principal, on Ampère's Experiment for showing the Repulsion of a
Rectilinear Electrical Current on itself, 308

Account of Two Artificial Hemispheres, representing the Distribution
of Temperature and Magnetism, 118

Frost of December 1860, its Effects on Vegetation, 232
Geological Intelligence, 159

Geology of North-west Highlands, 159

of the Railway from Worcester to Hereford, 204

Henslow's Flora of Suffolk, noticed, 305.

Henwood, William Jory, on Silver produced in Cornwall, 173
Iceland, Eruption of the Kötlugjá Volcano in May 1860, 6

Iron, Manufacture of, in Africa, 165

Jacob, Captain W. S., on the Eclipse of the Sun of July 18, 1860, 1

Jolis, Auguste le, on the Synonymy of Ectocarpus brachiatus, 328

Lindsay, Dr W. Lauder, on the Eruption in May 1860 of the Kötlugjá Volcano,
Iceland, 6

Lunar Tidal Wave in Lake Michigan, 336

M'Nab, James, on the Effects of Frost of December 1860 on Plants in the

Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 232, 253

Macvicar, Dr, on the Terminal Fructification of the Simple Plant, 83

Magnesium as a Source of Light, 334

Mammalia and Birds of Arctic Regions, 161

Marine Zoology, 323

Meteorological Register for 1860, 335

Mosses, British, notice of New and Rare Species, 331

Nicol, James, on the Geology of the North-west Highlands, 159

Obituary of Mr Espy, 168

Petroleum Wells of Western Pennsylvania, 168

Pine Trees, peculiarity in Growth of, 325

Playfair, Lyon, on Hydrated Sulphuric Acid, 307

and Wanklyn, J. A., on Vapour Densities at Low Temperatures, 310

Reviews and Notices of Books, 121, 291

Royal Physical Society, Proceedings of, 321

Royal Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings of, 138, 307

Sadler, John, on Bryum Duvalii, 326

Salmon Fisheries at Vancouver's Island, 165

Salmonidæ of Fraser River, British Columbia, 164

Scientific Intelligence, 157, 332

Scoresby-Jackson's Life of the Rev. Dr Scoresby, noticed, 298

Silver produced in Cornwall, 173

Skulls found at Kertch in the Crimea, 279

Slate in India, 333

Snow Crystals, 312, 317, 336

Stephens, Henry, on Snow Crystals, as seen on different Plants, 317

Stevenson, Thomas, on Azimuthal Condensing Apparatus for Lighthouses, 273
Sulphuric Acid, hydrated, Notice of, 307

Symonds, W. S., on the Geology of the Railway from Worcester to Here-

ford, 204

Tea Cultivation, 332

Plants yielding, 157

Temperature in connection with Vegetation, 232

Theory of Terminal Fructification in the Simple Plant, 83

Thomson, Wyville, on a New Palæontological Group of Echinodermata, 106
on the Embryology of Asteracanthion violaceus, 319

Timber used for Railway Sleepers in India, 329

Toad (Bufo vulgaris), Acrid Fluid of, 200

Tomlinson, Charles, on the Claim of Dr Wells, to be regarded as the author

of the "Theory of Dew," 56

Vapour Densities at Low Temperatures, 310

Volcano, Kötlugjá, in Iceland, 6

Wilson, Daniel, on Skulls found at Kertch in the Crimea, 279

Wilson, William, on British Mosses, 331

Wright, T. Strethill, on British Zoophytes and Protozoa, 321
Zoological Intelligence, 161

END OF VOLUME THIRTEEN-NEW SERIES.

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Solar Eclipse of 18th July 1860.

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