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Also, on the left^ in a waste place, at a corner nearly opposite the 

 last cottage on the same path, going upwards there are a few 

 plants of Lavatera arborea. Near the same there are some ex- 

 amples of the glaucous large form of Linaria vulgaris noticed by 

 Dr. Bromfield, and named by him speciosa. 



Not far from the same there are a few plants of Galium cru- 

 ciatum. 



The Natural History Review, etc. London : Williams and Nor- 

 gate. 



The only botanical article in this number of the Review is a 

 paper by Mr. Robert Plunkett, on the Manufacture of Hemp 

 and Paper from the Lavatera arborea. " The Lavatera arborea," 

 the author writes, " is a plant indigenous to the western coasts of 

 Ireland. It grows freely on rocky or gravelly soils, and, assisted 

 by the application of sea manure, will thrive on the deepest bog 

 lauds.^' 



It appears from the article that hemp is prepared from the 

 fibrous bark of the stem and branches ; and cards or boards from 

 the fibre and fibrous wood of the plant. It is stated that one 

 ton of fibre and one ton of fibrous wood may be produced on an 

 Irish acre. 



The bark of the chicory plant, Cichorium Intybus, is very 

 tenacious ; and as the root only is employed, while the stems are 

 thrown away or not employed economically, it might be worth 

 the cultivator's trouble to submit the fibrous bark of this plant 

 to the manipulation of hemp- and flax-dressers. 



Cordage is also obtained, and also coarse cloth, from the fibre 

 of hops. Immense stacks of this hop-bind lie in some parts of 

 Kent, — a dangerous combustible. 



Recreative Science ; a Monthly Record and Remembrancer of In- 

 tellectual Observation. Groombridge and Sons. 



Another monthly candidate for popular favour, and one, if we 

 may judge from its first number, which deserves and is likely to 



