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summit level, in the northern part of the state, and carried all 

 over it and offered for sale at high prices, which they readily 

 bring. Many other useful, wild plants might be mentioned, 

 such as the senna of two species, one large and tall, growing 

 in rich grounds, the other low and small and which grows in 

 our hilly country. They are both used in medicine. As as- 

 tringents some persons use the bark of the red maple, the bark 

 and unripe fruit of the persimmon (dios piros virginiana) craw- 

 foot, beech bark, and beech drops, the bark of the wild cherry 

 tree, and several other barks and roots. The leaves of hops 

 are often used both externally, applied warm to the body, and 

 internally in a tea to prevent putrefaction. This we know to 

 be a most valuable remedy, in such cases, it having been the 

 means of lengthening our life, ever since the summer of 1823, 

 when appalling disease and death swept otT great numbers of 

 our people in all the Western States. 



Besides these, we have a vast number of flowers from ear- 

 ly spring to late autumn, appearing in succession, day after 

 day, and month after month, ever new, and always beautiful. 

 Some persons have naturalized many of these wild flowers. 

 Mrs. Mary Douglas, and several other lovers of botany in 

 Chillicothe have introduced these wild flowers into their gar- 

 dens 



PLANTS NATURALIZED AT CINCINNATI. 



SCIENTIFIC NAMES. COMMON NAMES. 



Eriginia bulbosa, Turkey pea. 



Anemone thalictroides. Rue anemone. 



Anemone Virginiana, Thimble weed. 



Erytheonium albidum, Dogstooth violet, white. 

 Erytheonium Americanum, Dogstooth violet, yellow. 



Trillium sesile, Wake robin, purple. 



Trillium pendalum, Wake robin, white. 



Trillium grandiflorum, Wake robin, white. 



Corydalus cucullaria, Colick weed. 



Corydalus glauca, Colick weed. 



