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According to Simeon Sethi, " Capers are 

 possessed of different qualities ; such as bit- 

 terness, by which they absterge, cleanse, 

 and incide ; acridness, by which they heat, 

 dissipate, and attenuate; and acidity, by 

 which they inspissate, and prove astringent." 



We have procured four new species of this 

 plant from the West Indies ; but, as these na- 

 turally require the stove, we can only expect 

 from them the gratification of our curiosity, 

 in a sight of the living plants of the west- 

 ern world. 



