PACE. 



The submarine sensitive plant 175 



The vines of hops 176 



The herb of Paraguay, or Caa-tree, a species of tea ib. 



The coco-tree - 177 



The cacao-tree - 178 



The tallow-tree : the horse-chesnut : the sago-tree ib. 



Palm-trees : they are male ind female - 179 

 Sicilian plants : particularly cinnamon, sarsaparilla, 



sassafras, and rhubarb 180 



The balsam-tree - ib. 



The ilowering-ash, whence manna is produced 181 



The Peruvian bark-tree - - ib. 



The cotton tree : the pepper-shrub ib. 



The Jamaica pepper tree 1 82 



The plant which affords ginger . ib. 



Of the produce of nutmegs - - ib. 



The wild-pine - . ib. 



The water withy of Jamaica - 183 



The fountain-tree of Hierro, one of the Canary -islands ib. 



The machineel-apple : its poisonous quality 183 

 Remarkable method of poisoning by the negroes in Africa 186 



Of a plant like doronicum, wherein quicksilver is found ib. 



Of the aloe : its singular properties 1 87 



The cereus or prickly peer, of America - 188 



Peculiarities in the production of mushrooms 189 



Of sea-plants : the coral in particular 190 



2. Sugar not unwholesome - 191 



3. Of maple sugar - - ib. 



4. Molasses made of apples - - ib. 



5. Of ambergris * - 192 



6. Of the corruption of plants and animals ib. 

 7; General reflections - 199 



