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the world, a very large portion of his crew either lost their lives, 

 or were rendered unfit for service, by the scurvy ; and although 

 new and unknown lands, teeming with luxurious vegetation, were 

 constantly being discovered, the dread which the surgeon enter- 

 tained of the men being poisoned was so great, that he would 

 often allow them to use no other kind of fresh vegetable food 

 than grass. If he had been acquainted with the simple fact, that 

 none of the Cruciferas are deleterious, and that all possess (in a 

 greater or less degree) those properties which render them more 

 valuable than any ordinary medicines in the treatment of this 

 disease, he might have been able to restore many to health, by 

 simply explaining to them the very evident marks by which this 

 Order is characterized, and encouraging them to seek for plants 

 which exhibit such, and to make use of them without apprehen- 

 sion" (pp. 346, 347). Our sailors, because they were not bota- 

 nists, or rather because their surgeon did not know the Natural 

 System, were forced to eat what Babylon^s proud king ate when 

 he became a beast. 



The Natural History Review. London : Williams and Norgate, 

 January, 1859. 



The articles with which the ' Phytologist ' has any concern in 

 this number of the ' Natural History Review,' are Miss Bright- 

 well's ' Life of Linnaeus,' a work which we have not yet seen, but 

 of which we are promised a notice which is now in preparation ; 

 and Lady Wilkinson's ' Weeds and Wild Flowers,' This latter- 

 named work is noticed at some length in a contemporary, which 

 is sent us by a kind correspondent. The last is a memorial to 

 the Chancellor, on ' Public Natural History Collections,' This 

 important subject we hope to notice in due time. 



The Friend. A Religious Literary Journal. 



The following notice of ^ Weeds and Wild Flowers, their Uses, 

 Legends, and Literature,' is extracted from the above-named 

 publication. 



"Throughout the book we find evidence that the authoress 

 reads aright the wonders and beauties of creation, regarding them 



N. S. VOL. III. R 



