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tweeu Ray and his Correspondents ') says, " grows by the salt-pits, at 

 Lymington, Hampshire, of wonderful effect for bruises : not in any herbal." 

 "This I had," he continues, "from Th. Guidott, M.D., whose father had 

 the salt-works, and is a witness of the cures done by it." Qu.^rist. 



Note. — The Publisher and the Editor of this magazine have received 

 several letters about an expected " eventuality which we prefer not to indi- 

 cate here," but which oiu* readers may be told in plain terms is the dis- 

 continuance of our publication. They are hereby informed that our inten- 

 tion is to keep the vantage-ground : we have been bullied and we have 

 been wheedled ; an appeal has been made to our pockets ; and for the sake 

 of science, we have been humbly entreated to give place to our betters. 



Our well-wishers are entitled to our gratitude ; and we can only inform 

 them, that we will do our best, as hitherto we have done. That we do 

 not know more is rather our misfortune than our fault ; and though our 

 station in society is but humble, we do not wish to emerge from our ob- 

 scurity, — our social rank is quite equal to our expectations and to our 

 wishes. We are not ashamed publicly to profess that our aspirations and 

 hopes are placed on more solid and permanent objects than the profit, dis- 

 tinction, and honour which properly belong to or are the consequents of 

 literary and scientific reputation. 



It is not to be dissembled, that the hostile opposition which, in a cer- 

 tain quarter, is expected to be a final extinguisher to the feeble light we 

 have endeavoured to hold up to our less instructed contemporaries, may 

 and ought to have the effect of making us more energetic in their cause, 

 and of trying to improve the material of the ' Phytologist.' This, our 

 readers know, must mainly depend on their continuing to send us such 

 facts as are interesting and useful to those engaged in these pursuits. 



In conclusion, we assure them that we will not adopt any shabby and 

 disreputable means for increasing our circulation. 



Communications have been received from 



George Wolsey ; Tom Stansfield ; G. W. Gissing ; John Sim ; Dr. 

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BOOKS, ETC., EECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 



The Chemist and Druggist, March IMh. 



The Todmorden Post, March 2Srd. 



The Preston Chronicle, March 'i'ird. 



The Chemist and Druggist, April \^th. 



Index Filicum, Part II. 



Report of the Thirsk Natural History Society. 



The Malvern News and Journal, April \Qth, 1861. 



The Daily British Whig, Kingston, Canada, April %nd. 



