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that the shrub which furnishes this bark is a species 

 of Viburnum, or Mealey-tree. 



46. A decoction of the Sanicula Marilandica, or 

 Maryland Sanicle, is said to be employed, with good 

 effect, by some of the country practitioners, as a diu- 

 retic, in cases of dropsy. This plant grows very 

 abundantly in many parts of the United-States. 



Editor. 



47. The extremely viscid juice of the bulbs of a 

 species of Ophrys, well known in Pennsylvania and 

 Virginia, by the name of " Adam and Eve," has 

 been found, by the ladies of the latter State, to be one 

 of the best articles, hitherto discovered, for mending 

 broken china-ware. An analysis of this peculiar juice 

 is worthy of the attention of the chemist. The plant 

 is not uncommon in a rich soil, and in shaded situa- 

 tions*. 



A still more powerfully adhesive article, for the 

 same purpose, is (I am informed) the gum that exudes 

 from the trunk of the Morella cherry-tree. 



Editor. 



* See Elements of Botany, S<c. Part First, p. 10, 11. Plate II. 

 Fig. 6. 



