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bitter, and is, certainly, deserving of a place in the shops 

 of the American apothecaries. 



7. A new and very important addition to the number 

 of the Errhine medicines has lately been made by the 

 discovery of the properties of a very common North- 

 American plant, the Helenium autumnale of Linnasus. 

 The errhine power resides in the leaves and in the flow- 

 ers, but especially in the latter. This Helenium is 

 known, in some parts of the United- States, by the 

 names of " Sneeze- weed," and " Snuff-Plant." It is 

 eminently deserving of a place in the shops. 



