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PROFESSORS B. SILLIMAN, B. SILLIMAN, JR.,

AND

JAMES D. DANA,

IN CONNECTION WITH

PROF. ASA GRAY, OF CAMBRIDGE,
PROF. LOUIS AGASSIZ, OF CAMBRIDGE,
DR. WOLCOTT GIBBS, OF NEW YORK.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIX.

NUMBER

LXXXV.

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Botany and Zoology.-Collection of Cuban Plants, 127.-Systematic Arrangement of the

Species of the Genus Cuscuta, etc., by GEORGE ENGELMANN, M.D. On the Distribu-

tion of the Forests and Trees of North America, with Notes on its Physical Geography,

by J. G. COOPER, M.D., 128.-ZOOLOGICAL NOTICES.-Letter of Prof. J. VICTOR

CARUS to the Smithsonian Institution, 129.-Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-

Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild, von Dr. H. G. BRONN: De-

scription of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula, n. s., and the embryological history of a

singular Medusan Larva found in the cavity of its bell, by Prof. JOHN MCCRADY, 130.

-On the zoological affinities of Graptolites, hy Prof. JOHN MCCRADY, 131.-Letters

from Alabama, chiefly relating to Natural History, by PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S.:

Sketch of a revision of the genera Mithracidæ, by WM. STIMPSON, 132.-The Natural

History Review and Quarterly Journal of Science, 133.-An essay on Classification,

by LOUIS AGASSIZ: On the genus Synapta, by WOODWARD and BARRETT, 134.—

Proceedings of Societies, 134, 135.

Astronomy and Meteorology.-Discovery of the 57th planetoid (Mnemosyne): Total Solar

Eclipse of July 18, 1860, 136.-Notice of the Meteor of Nov. 15, 1859, by Prof. E.

LOOMIS, 137.-Meteoric Explosion, in West Tennessee, Sept 1st, 1859, Prof. B W.

MCDONNOLD, 139.-Catalogue of the Meteorites in the Imperial Austrian Collection at

Vienna, by Prof. W. HAIDINGER, 139.

Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence.-Inquiries into the Phenomena of Respiration,

by EDWARD SMITH, M.D., 142.-Dr. Newberry's Explorations in New Mexico, Utah,

and Texas, 144.-Discovery of Devonian rocks and fossils in Wisconsin Cretaceous

Strata at Gay Head, Mass.: The New Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge,

Messrs. Blake and Chauvenet, 145.-Prof. Dana, 146.

New Books.-Archaia; or Studies of the Cosmogony and Natural History of the Hebrew

Scriptures, by J. W. DAW20N, LL.D., F.G S., 146.—On the Origin of Species by means

of Natural Selection: or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for life, by

CHARLES DARWIN, 146-Elements of Somatology: A Treatise on the general princi-

ples of Matter, by Prof. GEO. M. MACLEAN, M.D.: The Telegraph Manual, a complete

history of the Telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by T. P. SCHAFFNER,

150.-Bail's Drawing System: The Human Head, by LOUIS BAIL: Memoir of John

Griscom, LL.D., late Professor of Chemistry and Nat. Philosophy, &c., by John H.

GRISCOM, M.D., 151.-Notices of new works, 152.

Obituary.-Professor William W. Turner: Dr. George Wilson, 152.

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