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and plenty of strong-scented savoury flower, and let beds of violet drink 

 the copious spring." MARTYN'S Version. 



" Nam jejuna quidem clivosi glarea raris 

 Vix humiles apibus casias, roremque ministrat." 



Georgic ii. 



" For the hungry gravel of the hilly field will scarce afford casia and 

 rosemary for the bees." MARTYN. 



An excellent writing-paper is made from a tree of this 

 genus, called the Daphne Cannabina, a native of Cochin- 

 China. There is another, called the Lace-bark Daphne, 

 of which the inner bark is of such a texture, that it may 

 be drawn out in long webs like lace, and has been actually 

 worn as such. Charles the Second had a cravat made of 

 it, which was presented to him by Sir Thomas Lynch 

 when governor of Jamaica. It is there principally used 

 for ropes. This tree is a native of Jamaica, where it is 

 called Lagetto, or Lace-bark-tree ; and of Hispaniola, where 

 it is known by the name of Bois dentelle [Lacewood]. It 

 will not thrive in England, except in a stove. But this lat- 

 ter plant is now removed by Lamarcke, and forms a sepa- 

 rate genus, Lagetta, which is placed by him, even in another 

 family, the Eleagncs. 



DOG'S-BANE. 



APOCYNUM. 



APOCINE^i. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



So named from a notion that it is fatal to dogs. 

 THE Tutsan-leaved DogVbane is an extremely curious 

 plant : the flowers are white, or pale red ; bell-shaped, and 

 the anthers are so constituted within it, as to entangle the 

 flies who are attracted by the honey-juice it contains : so 

 that in August, when in full flower, it is usually found 

 full of their dead bodies. The French, in Canada, call it 



