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Note c, page 67, line 4. 



The SaLvia. 



Class Diandr. Monog. Salvia Officinalis, or Sage. It appears 

 that the Salvia Officinalis, vras, anciently, as highly esteemed as 

 the Vervain, hence the old saying, 



" Cur moriatur homo, cui Salvia crescit in horto." 

 " Why dies the man, whose garden, sage affords." 



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In this class is the Crocus Officinalis. The summits of the 

 pistils carefully collected, and moderately dried, are the saffron 

 of the shops. That, collected in England, is preferred to all 

 others. Withering's Bot. 



The Grasses. 



Class Triandr. Dig. On the subject of tvv'O or three Grasses, 

 Samuel Rootsey, of Bristol, F. L. S. has obliged the author with 

 the following notes. 



" On going over an estate of Lord Liverpool's, in the County 

 of Glocester, where I was informed that the best cheese in the 

 whole County was produced, which was all sent to London ; I 

 was rather surprised at the sterility of the land : it lets at a very 

 low rent ; the soil was boggy, and scarcely any other plant than 

 the stunted Anthoxanthum, (called in the country, Wiregrass, 

 and by Botanists, Sweet Scented Vernal Grass) was to be seen, 

 except the Carex Ilecurva, called Carnation Grass. I therefore 

 attribute the superiority of the cheese, to the Anthoxanthum, 



