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strong intelligence, told me shortly before his death, that he was in 

 the habit of administering the Demerara pink-root, in decoction, in 

 the proportion of from two to three fresh leaves for a dose, and that 

 the effect was much more certain and marked than that produced by 

 the pink-root of the shops, in thirty or forty grain doses. I have like- 

 wise lately been informed of several cases in which the decoction of 

 the fresh leaves of our species was efficacious when the Maryland 

 pink- root failed. 



I need not lengthen these few remarks, as my object is merely to 

 suggest to medical practitioners the superiority of the fresh or re- 

 cently dried Spigclia anthelmia to the broken and mouldy Spigelia 

 marilandica brought into this colony from a great distance, and to 

 introduce, however insignificant it may be, a new source of industry 

 to the poor. The preparation of the plant for sale is very simple : 

 it must be pulled up by the roots in a green state, and the seeds 

 stripped off ; it is then to be carefully cleaned, dried in the sun, and 

 packed in bundles. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCTOBER 1844. 



Chiswick. — October 1. Clear : cloudy. 2. Densely clouded : clear. 3. Over- 

 cast : boisterous. 4. Clear and very fine : cloudy. 5. Very fine : rain. 6. Over- 

 cast : clear and fine : overcast. 7. Very fine : frosty. 8. Foggy : very fine. 



9. Cloudy : boisterous at nigbt. 10. Cloudy and mild : clear. 11. Heavy dew : 

 very fine. 12. Foggy : very fine : showery. 13. Overcast : lightning at night. 

 14. Showery: rain. 15. Heavy shower: constant heavy rain at night. 16. 

 Showery : clear and fine. 17,18. Fine. 19. Slight haze : cloudy. 20. Fine. 

 21. Overcast: hazy. 22. Rain : cloudy : clear and frosty. 23. Dense fog : 

 showery. 24. Cloudy : heavy rain. 25. Rain : densely clouded. 26, 27. Over- 

 cast and fine. 28. Foggy. 29. Overcast: rain. 30. Drizzly : cold haze. 31. 

 Foggy : fine : clear. — Mean temperature of the month 0°*76 below the average. 



Boston. — Oct. 1. Fine. 2. Cloudy and stormy: rain early a.m.: rain a.m. 



3. Windy. 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy: rain p.m. 6 — 8. Fine. 9. Cloudy: rain a.m. 



10. Cloudy: rain p.m. 11, 12. Fine. 13, 14. Fine: rain p.m. 15. Cloudy: 

 rain p.m. 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy: rain p.m. 18. Cloudy, 19. Fine. 20. 

 Cloudy. 21. Cloudy: rain p.m. 22. Cloudy. 23. Foggy : beautiful halo round 

 the moon quarter past eight p.m. 24,25. Cloudy: rain p.m. 26. Rain. 27. 

 Cloudy. 28. Fine : rain p.m. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy : rain a.m. 31. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1 — 3. Showers. 4, 5. Bright: showers. 

 6. Shower : aurora : showers. 7. Bright : clear. 8. Cloudy : drops. 9. Cloudy. 

 10. Bright : cloudy. 11. Bright : clear. 12, 13. Bright : cloudy. 14. Drizzle, 

 damp. 15. Kain : cloudy. 16. Rain : showers. 17. Shower : rain. 18. Showers: 

 19. Frost : cloudy : shower. 20. Clear : fine : aurora. 21. Frost: fine. 22. 

 Clear. 23. Clear : cloudy. 24. Bright : clear. 25. Fine : clear : aurora. 26. 

 Fine: clear. 27. Cloudy. 28. Cloudy: clear. 29. Bright: clear. 30,31. 

 Cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfriesshire, — Oct. 1. Fair. 2, 3. High wind and rain. 



4. Rain p.m. 5. Fair, but cloudy. 6. Showers. 7. Fair and fine, 8. Fair, 

 but dull. 9. High wind and rain. 10, 11. Showers. 12. Rain a.m. 13. 

 Cloudy and threatening. 14. Showery. 15 — 17. Fair and fine. 18. Fair and 

 fine: frost p.m. 19, 20. Showers]: thunder : hail. 21. Fair and fine : frost. 22 — 

 24. Fair and fine. 25. Showery. 26. Fair and fine. 27, 28. Fair, but cloudy : 

 frost. 29. Slight rain. 30. Rain p.m. 31. Fair, but cloudy. 



