For, the clafs it belongs to, the Arnrca montana is a thewy 
plant; but the prejudices we imbibe in the nurfery againft the 
Dandelion, otherwife a plant of confiderable beauty, have an 
influence upon our feelings with refpe& to the whole of the 
fyngenefiz, or at leaft of thofe that have yellow flowers: on 
this account, they are favourites with few. Many of them, 
however, poffefs very a€tive medicinal powers ; amongft which, 
this is one of the moft eminent ; though it has never been re- 
ceived into the London Difpenfatory. In the countries where it 
grows {pontaneoufly, it has been feldom overlooked, and its 
iternutatory qualities have moftly acquired for it the name of 
Mountain Snuff. 
Dr. Coutn, of Vienna, publifhed fuch extravagant encomiums 
on the virtues of this plant, that, as has happened in many other 
inftances, if they had the effeét of acquiring for it a temporary 
celebrity, finally occafioned its total negle&t. It is evident, how- 
ever, from the teftimony of writers both prior and pofterior to 
Dr. Coiin’s publication, as well as from its very aétive fenfible 
qualities, that it poffeffes very valuable properties, and, where it 
can be obtained in perfe&ion, may be fuccefsfully had recourfe 
to, as a remedy for many difeafes, 
For a fhort account of the medicinal virtues of the ARNICA, 
Dr. Woopvitue’s Medical Botany may be confulted; and for 
a reference to all the writers on the fubje&t, Dr. Sroxes’s 
Botanical Materia Medica. 
A hardy perennial, loving a fhady and moift fituation. Cul- 
tivated by Puirip Mitrer, in 1731. Flowers in July and 
Auguft. Communicated by Mr. Satisgury, from his Botanic 
Garden in Sloane-Street. : 
