596' JVatson^s Ncxv Botanist's Guide. 



mountains, flowering throuohout the year. The broom, though 

 it has also been introduced, has not succeeded so well as the 

 furze; and Dr. Macfadyen never observed it in blossom or fruit, 

 A'rachis hjpogcc^a, the American earth nut, is cultivated, and 

 found to be exceedingly useful for its seeds ; which are parched, 

 and eaten as an article of food, and placed in the dessert as a 

 substitute for the almond, the pistachia, and other nuts. In 

 South Carolina, they are roasted, ground, and boiled, and make 

 a very good substitute for chocolate. 



Tamarindus occidejitdlis, the West India tamarind. A lofty 

 spreading tree, connuon in the plains, in rich deep soil. The 

 pulp of the pods is usually packed in small kegs, between layers 

 of sugar, and hot syrup is poured over the whole. The East 

 India tamarinds are preserved without sugar, being merely dried 

 in the sun when they are intended to be exported from one part 

 of the Archipelago to another ; but they are cured in salt when 

 they are to be sent to Europe. " It is evident," says Dr. Mac- 

 fadyen, "that the East India tamarinds, from the method in 

 which they are preserved, must be the best adapted for medicinal 

 purposes." 



We have made these extracts to show the interesting informa- 

 tion which may be procured from this work respecting plants 

 already introduced into England, and cultivated in our stoves ; 

 independently altogether of what relates to plants not yet intro- 

 duced. 



On the completion of the work, Dr. Macfadyen proposes to 

 commence a series of illustrations of such plants as are new, or 

 may not have been previously figured, which will be a valuable 

 addition to pictorial botany. We would suggest, also, the pre- 

 paration of a short article containing what may be called the 

 geographical, physical, and economical generalisations of the 

 Jamaica flora. For example, 1. the indigenous vegetable pro- 

 ducts of the different rocks and soils ; 2. the flora of different 

 elevations, dividing these into zones, corresponding with the 

 zones of latitude ; 3. the plants used in the rural and domestic 

 economy of the country, including the arts and manufactures, 

 medicine, &c. 



Art. III. The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the rarer 

 Plants of Britain. By Hev/ett Cottrel Watson. Vol. II. Scot- 

 land and the adjacent Isles. 674- pages. 



The first volume of this work was noticed in our preceding 

 Volume (p. 154<.). This second volume completes the work as 

 far as respects the flowering plants of Britain ; and the author 

 refers to Mr. Francis's Analysis of the British Ferns and allied 

 Orders for the localities of that division of British plants. The 



