use of iro:> foii ruuNiTuaK. 2g7 



Brame*« nursery. The common ling, of which our besoms 

 lire made, varies in the same way ; and the teucrium hetcr- 

 ophyllum takes its name from this very circumstance. I 

 conclude therefore, that all these variations proceed from ution un- 

 laws in vegetation, of which we are yet ignorant, but which known to ns. 

 are immediately connected with the transudation of the sap 

 through the cuticle, and it is possible, that this may even 

 affect the flavour of two fruits upon the same branch. 



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X. 



On the Sufjstitution of Iron for Mahogany and other expen- 

 sive kinds of Wood in Articles of Furniture, and for other 

 Purposes. By Mr. B. Cook. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON. 

 SIR, 



.S you have favoured me with inserting in your valu- 

 able Journal my former imperfect communications, I have 

 taken the liberty, to lay before you my idea on another sub- 

 ject; and I leave it to you to judge, whether the idea is 

 worth communicating to the world. 



We import at a great expense mahogany and other Mahogany and 

 costly woods for the manufacturing of the very beautiful fur- porfedTat * m " 

 niture in use among the higher and middling ranks of s^-at expense, 

 society. The great advance of this article is felt by every 

 one, who finds it necessary to purchase things made of ma- 

 hogany. If it were possible to find a substitute for a por- 

 tion of this article, were it only the half, <Tr even a fourth 

 part of it, it would certainly reduce the price of that part, 

 which necessity forces us to use, in a given ratio. People o£ 

 the highest order of fashion will never submit to use a sub- 

 stitute, unless this substitute is equal in beauty to that, the 

 place of which it supplies. But if it were possible to find an 

 article equal in beauty, raoic durable, and as cheap, we 

 should be inclined to think it would be adopted in every 

 case, where it was found convenient; especially if this sub- 

 stitute were a native vi cum own country. 



Now 



