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ture than the name of any other familiar animal^ is a proof of 

 this. For example^ we have Dog Violet^ which has no scent^ to 

 denote its contrast with the Sweet Violet of March; also Dog 

 Rose, to distinguish it from the Cabbage Rose of the garden; Dog^s 

 Parsley [Cynapium], Dog's Cabbage {Cynocrambe) ; both the 

 latter Greek names, and both given to worthless or poisonous 

 weeds. Dog's-tail is the only good grass to which this name is 

 given. Cynodon, a rare grass in England, is as worthless where it 

 occurs frequently, viz. around the IMediterranean, as any of the 

 other species to which this significant term is applied. The 

 term horse is in Scotland given to the Carices (Sedge-grasses), 

 and it implies generally a strong rough grass, such as grows in 

 wet, ferruginous soils. The grand remedy for such soils is drain- 

 ing and burning, and then the ground which bore only Horse- or 

 Shave-grass, will produce some of the more palatable and nu- 

 tritious species of this family. 



The Atlantis : a Register of Literature and Science. Conducted 

 by Members of the Catholic University of Ireland. London : 

 Longman and Co. 



A notice on the outside cover states that "the "^ Atlantis' will 

 be regularly forwarded to the editor of any literary or scientific 

 periodical, etc., who will exchange publications." The Editor of 

 the ' Phytologist' will do this con amore. He never heard of the 

 Catholic University of Ireland, but he will give a warm reception 

 to the present contribution to literature and science by its 

 members. 



The leading article is entitled, " The Mission of the Benedictine 

 Order," a notice of which would be beyond our bounds. Our 

 subject is botanical, not antiquarian and historical. Nevertheless, 

 it may be testified here, if such a humble or feeble testimony is 

 worth recording, that the leading article of the 'Atlantis' will 

 repay the reader, if he reads it carefully, for the time and labour 

 spent in its perusal. Even here there is a paragraph which may 

 be instructive to the botanist, but, if not, at least it is suggestive. 

 — " St. Bernard founding his abbey of Clairvaux in a place called 

 the Valley of Wormwood, in the heart of a savage forest, the 

 haunt of robbers ; and his thirteen companions grubbing up a 



