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Be JAUe & Cit. LLOYD. 
J LAN OF THE W —A quarterly publication, which will teh! the 
vegetable productions of North acres and the plants which yield them. s 7x10% 
inches in size, on the best grade of book paper, ba finest of press-work, and pr number 
will consist of not in aes thirty-two pages. Every known medical plant of North America 
will be considered in eo ce in which it stevie in the Natural system of Classification, 
as adapted by the tbe aioe ° 
Sy oksaaarane sical f 
special artist under the ores of the authors. Full-size pictures will be given of each ant 
which is specially valuable. In addition en work will be profusely illustrated in the text, 
showing the dissection of ‘iow wers, fruit, sl ape of leaves, and all matters of botanical interest ; 
pact the pet t of the ee ich is use ed i in medicines, with the different varieties as found in 
mmerce; also s — hneations if any, and all other matters of commercial, chemi cal or 
Pee intere 
g the various views in which each “nr has been held fro e first description of it. 
ra will be added, sauce: « all the names and references under apne the plant has been de- 
scrib om or figu d in| otanical or medical bide Sai ee a eae will receive spe- 
t utho 
in all cite s of the country. sopeiteen relant will ‘be accom panied with a map, sho 
ing the precise dap aiyin where it is in abundance, where rare, etc. Plants that coul 
founded with the under consideration will be described, and their distinctive characters 
ho The her bariom wipe ch Mr. C. G. Lloyd has collected in connection with the study of 
botany, consisting o 12,000 eoinate ee this country and Europe, will ‘ of valuable 
aid in the botanical eapurtutins of the 2 
MEDICAL AND COMMERCIAL HISTORIES —Are given in detail, and from ' 
= commencement of the use of each remedy. They gill be more complete than ever before ‘ 
nted. Stati ae are collected and systematized in such a manner fie re om wee at a glance 
the — and past of each drug. As the writers are ger nsive dea in e American 
drugs, and have fr vali relation with all the principal namely and pore ak: the country, 
their facilities to obtain the commercial history are unexcelled. 
EMISTRY AND PHARMACY.—These two branches will receive exhaust! ive 
Poor especially in regard - the constituents of eae The pharmaceutical portion will 
be largely the results of J. U. Lloyd’s practice in the ree a ¥ Lae or years he has given 
special attention ee the e products of the vegetable kingdom. ost and talented chem- 
ists and pharmacists of the country are uniting with us, and special pabieck 5 will be perfected 
by persons cacy puatted to render Gon complete, 
Urics._-iti is intended that the therapeutic properties = the plants shall 
will ut pape oe 
for or against any school of medicine. The work is aserpiie d to be a aeistite trea and a 
will not recognize individual antagonisms, Nideueuce es of opinion, or pre ejudices n th 
nection it is only necessary to state that such men as P si Roberts arikolew, Prof. Jo 
ing, Prof. J. M. Scudder, Dr. Eric Sattler, Dr. Lawrence Johnson and other prominent 
authorities have engaged to contribute on the immediately succeeding asic os and that ar 
rangements w will be made ot the other numbers. The Hom ceopathic use 0 the drugs il 
written by Prof. E, M. eaten pretes ting the views of this prominent au 
MICROSCO will be made cf 
each important drug by Mrs. Louisa Reed Stowell, editor of The Microscope, Ann Atbot 
Mich. Drawings x tbe oe nified portions of the plants will be made ro pete and t . 
these will be Bi! unusual value and beauty may be perceived by referring to the one presente 
in our first number 
NEW PLANTS.—One of the most import he invest 
ant features wel the work will be t 
gation of the therapeutics ath chemical oper of such n ve plants as s will be likely © 
prove oad additions to our materia m Through = ex uate sive botanic acqual all 
a ne cei spondence of the writers, mere are snabied to secure authentic specimens 
RESUME. rar 
oh er ME.—In brief, the work ie is L satatga to be a comeplete encye oped, WOE wichont 2 
ork that 1s 
s known 
regar ag Americ rugs. Each number will be con 
ae 7 the succeeding on and which ischial is completed, it will be 2 wo ‘ed inde%s 
which will aA, 3 boo of ¢ nvenient she is produced, we shall furnish 4 detal a 
will complete that Nolen Favorable arrangements will be made for binding- 
