Seemann found the vegetation like that of Mexico, "with forms of the torrid zone harmoniously blended with those of the temperate.

" Now let us see whether Mr.

Croll's conclusion that when the northern hemisphere suffered from the extreme cold of the great Glacial period, the southern hemisphere was actually warmer, throws any clear light on the present apparently inexplicable distribution of various organisms in the temperate parts of both hemispheres, and on the mountains of the tropics.