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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



ig a large oil of thyme 



^=====^71^7- i.mgdum contains, among a large oil of thyme in the shops, a common 



.. or plants of no known importance to m, It is frequently used, nixed 



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 ajw^fineAeri^so^ ^ ; the many branches of domestic oeconomy. Th 



S-jSi immense plant wi ™ ! principal part of those which can be brought by teachers bruises." 





*JTSj^Vith two bi re they are arranged 



*grr «odoced hh Larg -able Kingdom ' of 



and all Botanic 



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will be found to have be 



Gardens, may furnish the larger part of the species 



pensable ; firstly, because a greater work would have 

 been beyond the reach of the majority of purchasers ; 

 and secondly, because experience shows us that those 



first instance, upon a limited number of objects." 



" The plan of the work is similar to that so happily 

 employed by Linnaeus in his *. Materia Medica,' a book 

 invaluable in its day, although now forgotten, and 

 b tter adapted to the objects of medical men than any 

 thing which has since appeared. Each species, placed 



or officinal name, as well as that which it bears in 



comes, the quality it has been said to possess, and the 

 uses to which it has been found applicable. Very short 



lis view. Iu many instances th< 



ordinary purposes. Those who wish to become 1 



'Vegetable Kingdom' of the' author the' subje 



desire to do so, references are made to that work 

 throughout all the following pages." 



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M-ienced by botanical students 



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which" 1 'TnuXr' 



Tournefort.- Corolla campanula^,' 

 plaited. Stigma capitate. Stamens incWd in the 

 ■"■- L - -if the calyx, spreading. Berry 2- 



d by the enlarged calvx. 

 [/ n ^—mixT'™ x Mlller * Atr0 P a Mandragwa 



■ The Classes of plants a 



"IV. Endogens; having sexes, a root and stem, 

 !t V. Dictyogens ; having sexes, a root and 

 : < VI. Gtmnogens ; having sexes, a root and 



with a large forkeJ r. | 



n , ira » ra «iiLx U1 »ie, spreading, grey j flowers hidden 



• (Europe. 

 cality. Acro-narcotic, purgative, antesthette, 



Garden Memoranda 



' lately vi-it. d this great 

 thus ; The Orchids, of 



| ,wers ; a Brassia 



. ml .miller species with 15 



of Atrides,among 



racemes of pink 



