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No. L VI. for October, contains 

 221 to 224. — Phlox canadensis. — HerbeVtia pulch&la; irideae. A 

 beautiful bulb from the Bay of Maldonado, by Mr. J. Anderson, the col- 

 lector of Mr. J. B. Mackay, F.L.S. H.S. of the Clapton nursery. — Fiola 

 pubescens. From Montreal, by Robert Barclay, Esq. F.L.S. H.S., of Bury 

 Hill, near Dorking. — Phlox odorata. Pink flowers, and very handsome. 

 CistinecE By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. In 8vo, every alternate Month. 5s. 



Ho. XIV. for September, contains 

 53 to 56. — .ffelianthemum croceum, Saffron-floivered Sun-Rose. Very 

 showy, half hardy, and of the easiest culture. — Cistus salvifolius. Shrubby, 

 white flowers, hardy, and of the easiest culture. — jffeliantliemum rdseum, 

 Rose-flowered Sun-Rose. Decumbent, very showy, and of the easiest cul- 

 ture. — ZZielianthemum canum, Hoary Sun-Rose. A pretty, little, trailing,- 

 sufthiticose plant, with yellow flowers. Quite hardy, and easily propagated 

 by cuttings or seeds. 



The Botanic Garden. ByB. Maund. In small 4to. Large, Is. 6d.; small, 1*. 

 Nos. XXXIII. and XXXIV. for September and October, contain 

 Phexia virginica, Campanula carpatica, Pulmonaria paniculata, Z)raba 

 hirta, Pulmonaria virginica, Pythrum [lythron, clotted blood ; flowers) vir- 

 gatum, Xeranthemum {xeros, dry, anthevion, a flower) lucidum, Cornus 

 canadensis. 



The Florist's Guide and Cultivator's Directory; &c. By Robert Sweet, 

 F.L.S. &c. In Monthly Numbers. 5s. coloured ; 2s. plain. 



Ho. III. for September, contains 

 9 to 12. — Cartwright's Rainbow Carnation, Stretch's Alexander Auricula, 

 Strong's High Admiral, and Princess Alexandrina Victoria Ranunculus. 



No. IV. for October, contains 

 15 to 16. — Cheese's Miss Cheese Pink, Hufton's Duchess of Newcastle 

 Carnation, Page's Champion Auricula, and Goldham's Earl of Liverpool 

 Tulip. 



Medical Botany, §c. By John Stevenson, M.D., and James Morss 



Churchill, Esq., Surgeon. In Monthly Numbers. 5s. 6d. 



No. IX. for September, contains 



55 to 56. — Gratiola (dimin. of gratia, grace (of God); in allusion 

 to its salutary qualities) officinalis, Officinal or common Hedge Hyssop. 

 A purgative which, given in over-doses, produces violent and continued 

 vomiting. " Dr. Kostrzweki of Warsaw has offered some remarkable 

 instances of its powerful influence in soothing and suspending irritation ; 

 and asserts that three maniacs, in the hospital at Vienna, were recovered 

 by its use ; that the most confirmed cases of lues venerea were completely 

 cured by it ; and that it usually acted by increasing the urinary, cutaneous, 

 and salivary excretions. Dr. Perkins of Coventry states that it forms the 

 basis of the Eau Medicinale, and that the recipe was given him by the 

 Count Leiningen, who paid 500 ducats for it. This nobleman was a person 

 of extensive reading, and a munificent patron of the arts, and had been in 

 early life a martyr to the gout; an exemption from which, for several years, 

 he attributed to the use of this medicine." 



MomordicaPlaterium; Cucurbitaceae. A hardy annual, on waste grounds 

 in the South of Europe. A few acres are raised annually at Mitcham in 

 Surrey, and some other places, for the sake of the well-known elaterium 

 (drastic purgative) of the shops. Dr. Clutterbuck instituted a series of 

 experiments on this plant, from which it appears that " the most active 

 principle belonging to it is neither lodged in the roots, leaves, flowers, 



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