monies: 
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ever, so violent that sometimes inflammation of the bowels occurs. 
The leaves and young buds are also purgative. The flowers are used 
in the preparation of elder-flower ointment which is employed as a 
cooling and soothing application for ulcers and burns. The ber- 
ries furnish a juice which when diluted with water is a cooling 
drink in fevers, and wine made from them is an excellent cordial. 
Sassafras officinale, sassafras. 
The pith when placed in water affords a clear mucilage of a pecu- 
liar character, not being affected by alcohol. This mucilage is used 
as an application for inflammed eyes and is very soothing. It has 
also been used in disorders of the respiratory organs, bowels and 
bladder. The bark is used in combination with other substances in 
rheumatism. 
Tilia americana, American linden. 
An infusion of the flowers, buds and leaves is used domestically 
as a remedy in cases of indigestion and nervousness. 
Ulmus fulva, slippery elm. 
An infusion of the inner bark is used in acute inflammatory or 
febrile affections, either alone or with lemon juice. Externally it 
is often employed in the form of a poultice. 
Viburnum prunifolium, black haw. 
The bark of the black haw is said to be antispasmodic, astrin- 
gent, nervine, and tonic. 
Zanthoxrylum americanum, prickly ash. 
The whole plant is endowed with active properties. The leaves 
and fruit abound in a volatile oil, which is very fragrant, and the 
bark is acrid, pungent, and aromatic. It is an active stimulant, 
causing more or less general excitement, with a tendency to per- 
epiration. It has been much used in domestic practice in the treat- 
ment of chronic rheumatism. It is also used as a relief of flat- 
ulency and colic, and externally as an application for ulcers and as 
a relief for toothache. 
NOTES 
Mr. G. H. Pring, Horticulturist to the Garden, was ap- 
pointed superintendent of the St. Louis Flower Show held 
at the Coliseum, November 7-12. 
Recent visitors to the Garden include Prof. Teizo Niwa, 
professor of horticulture, Mie Imperial College of Agricul- 
ture, expert in Shinjiku Imperial Garden, Tokyo, Japan. 
Volume IX, No. 2, of the Annals of the Missouri Botanical 
Garden, containing ‘‘Monograph of the Isoetaceae,’’ by Dr. 
Norma E. Pfeiffer, has recently been issued. 
