HUMULUS. LUPULDS. 
Common Hop. 
eel 
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PLATE LX. 
Tu Hop vine is not only a native of most 
countries in Europe, but is decidedly indigenous 
in America. It often occurs wild in the Atlantic 
states, and was found, by Mr. Nuttall, growing 
spontaneously on the banks of the Missouri. 
Sir J. E. Smith has quoted an old distich, which 
seems to be illustrative of the period of its intro- 
duction into practical use in England, about 
Henry the VIII's time ; although he has no doubt 
of its being really native in that country.* ‘The 
Hop being a medicinal article of some conse- 
quence, and one generally retained by the Phar- 
macopeeias ; there is a propriety in introducing 
it in a Medical Botany of the United States. 
* « Turkeys, Carp, Hops, Pickerel and Beer 
Came into England all in ome year.” 
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