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put out by the following philosophical reply : ' That tree never bears no 

 flowers, Sir.' 



" Similar information from the natives is given in this style : — ' Mai 

 nay Mahatmeya,' or ' Nickan gas,' or ' Wal gas, mal mama dootova nay;' 

 ' No flowers. Sir ; useless or wild plants ; I've not seen their flowers,' etc. 



" We recollect seeing in the Ceylon Journal for 1833 an amusing letter 

 from a writer adopting the signature of ' Bivalve,^ wherein he graphically 

 described the mode in which he obtained the native names for plants he 

 collected about Putlam. His informant Avas his Appoo, and on asking this 

 functionary how he knew so readily the names of every plant, the botanist 

 received the following grave reply : 'It's all the same to master, he writes 

 every name in one book ! ' " 



When the third Part appears, this interesting Island Flora 

 will be again submitted to the readers of the ' Phytologist/ and 

 the economical plants will be compared with the ' Useful Plants 

 of India/ a very interesting book on Indian botany. This work 

 will also be noticed as soon as there is room for a review equal 

 to the importanfce of the work. 



BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 



Wormwood. 



In Saltmarsh's ' Sparkles of Glory,' chap, i., speaking of the knowledge 

 of Solomon, he says, " Solomon's heart was large, like the sand on the sea- 

 shore ; and he was wise, from the Cedar in Lebanon to the Wormwood 

 in the wall." Is the Wormwood here named the common Wormwood ? 

 And does it grow on waUs ? We often find the Hyssop named by writers 

 in reference to Solomon's knowledge, and also the Moss, as growing on 

 the wall, but Wormwood is new to me. S. B. 



Communications have been received from 



William Curnow ; Eev. T. E. Eavenshaw ; J. S. Mill ; John Sim ; 

 H. C; W. L. Lindsay, M.D. ; Edwin Lees, E.L.S. ; William PampHn; 

 T. F. E. ; Sidney Beisly. 



BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 



Natural History Review, October, 1859. 



Zusatze und Berichtigungen zu vieiner Mora der Pfalz, von Br. F. Schultz. 



Commentationes Botanicce, auctoribus Schultz Blpontinis. 



The Critic ; four numbers. The Friend. 



