222 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



on account of the extreme hardness of the timber, and (what is not 

 usual with hard woods) the very rapid growth of the tree. In a garden 

 at Kingston, Jamaica, which was formerly Mr. Chitty's, a Casmrina was 

 planted in July, 1848, and in 1854 had attained a height of scarcely 



less than fifty feet ! , 



On the Oil of '' £ehu"from Moringa pterygosperma, E. C; showing 

 that this plant may be very profitably cultivated. The tree is a native 

 of the East, where it is called Horseradish-tree. It is the best watch- 

 maker's oil. 



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The several valuable Memoirs on Plantain fibre, and various ones 

 on the different starches and meals ; for example, of Yams^ Plantain^ 



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Sweet and Bitter Cassava^ etc. etc. 



The Trumpet4ree (Cecropia peltata), recommended for textile manu- 

 facture, paper, pulp, and cordage; and no wonder, seeing it is one of 

 the TJrticecey which are celebrated for the amount and quality of fibre. 



The fourth number is wholly devoted to an excellently-arranged 

 Catalogue of the Collection of Articles first exhibited in Kingston Mu- 

 seum, Jamaica, and afterwards sent to the Paris Universal Exhibition'. 

 The introductory remarks in this portion of the work give an excellent 

 epitome of the natural history of the Island. And No. 6 and some 

 following ones, to the able Eeport from the Museum Committees, and 

 various Minutes of Proceedings respecting the formation of a perma- 

 nent Museum in Jamaica. . 



On Tamarinds ; the uses and advantages of cultivating the tree. 



On Panama Hats, E. C. — The plant affording the material of which 

 these celebrated hats are xnaHp. ( (Inrhirlm'irnn nnlwinf/f np^nrrlinp' to Mr- 



Wilson 



On • tlie Cashew and its uses ; Bread fi 



from the male catkins of the Bread-fruit, Artocarp 



This latter curious 



(Piper nigrum). — Mode of preparing the Pepper 



from another and native species, Piper Amalago.is also given. 



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tage. 



On tlie Lim-Bim (Csesalpinia coriaria); a valuable tanning sub- 



stance. 



On the Commercial Quassia 



clearing up tlie differences between Quassia amara, or Surinam Bitter- 



