plant found by Schimpcr, but I am unacquainted with it, and 

 Mcisncr reduces it to Breweria. 



At all events this is the plant that yields Lignum Rhodium, 

 a wood smelling strongly of roses, yielding by distillation a 

 bitter oil, and employed by perfumers for adulterating or 

 altering Oil of Roses. The roots which accompany the stems, 

 as they are imported, are said to be much stronger scented 

 than the stems. The old writers on drugs, misled by the 

 name, imagined that this product must come from Rhodes, 

 translating the name Rhodeswood, and after hunting in vain 

 in the writings of either ancients or moderns for the plant 

 that yields it, arriving at the erroneous conclusion that it was 

 the Aspalath of the Greeks. It is however certain that the 

 name really signifies Wood smelling of Roses. Oil of Rhodium 

 is the name given to the oil obtained from this plant. The 

 wood when powdered has been recommended to promote 

 sneezing, and forms an agreeable snuff. It is valued for 

 fumigation, and when burned diffuses a most delightful 

 fragrance. 



It is scarcely necessary to add that the Rosewood of 

 cabinet-makers is quite different from this. 



It is a half-shrubby plant, requiring the protection of the 

 greenhouse during winter. It is increased by seeds, and re- 

 quires about the same treatment as most of the other half- 

 hardy species ; namely, a rich loamy soil, and to be kept 

 rather dry during the winter when in a dormant state. It 

 flowers in September and October. 



