ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, CONDUCTED By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. G.S. &c. MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, AND OF VARIOUS VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. THE First Volume of the Magazine of Natural History is submitted The Introduction (p. 1.) describes the objects it proposes to In conformity with these objects, original communications, in- troductory to Linnean Botany, will be found, p. 124. 228. and 429. ; to Jussieuean Botany, p. 30. 135. 238. and 333. ; to Zoology, p. 97. and 309.; to Ornithology, p. 121. ; to Entomology, p. 421.; to Geology, p. 249. and 442.; to Meteorology, p. 147.; and to Landscape scenery, p. 37. and 242. Of new facts or theories, it is not to be supposed that many can have occurred, or come to our knowledge, since this Magazine has been in existence; but the discoveries of Professor Nees von Esenbeck, M. Franz Unger, and others, on the Metamorphoses of the Reproductive Bodies of some Algæ, p. 306.; the researches of Mr. Brown, M. Brongniart, and M. Raspail, on the particles of the Pollen of Plants, and on the ultimate particles of matter in general, p. 473.; and of Dr. Mar- tius, on the Structure of Plants, p. 475.; have been recorded, or noticed, preparatory to more complete details. The Miscellaneous Intelligence and Collectanea of this Maga- zine (see Contents, p. vi.) contain a various assemblage of original and in other parts of the world. In these two departments of With respect to an Annual Summary of Discoveries, after con- Paris, Dec. 16. 1828. J. C. L. |