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flowers, nor stalks, in any considerable quantity ; nor is it to be found in 

 the body of the fruit itself, or in the seeds contained within it. It was only 

 in the juice around the seeds, therefore, that it could be looked for; and 

 here it will be found." 



ffinanthe (Oine, the vine, anthas, a flower; blossoms with the vine) 

 crocata (Containing a yellow juice). (Gard. Mag., vol. i. p. 454. fig. 95.) 

 One of the most active of our poisonous vegetables. " Mr. Erhert, a 

 botanical artist, asserted that, while drawing the plant, the smell from it ren- 

 dered him so giddy, that he was several times obliged to quit the room, and 

 walk in the air to recover himself; but that, having opened the door and 

 windows of the room, the free air enabled him to finish his work." The 

 roots have a sweetish flavour, and may be mistaken, by those who know 

 nothing of plants, for those of wild celery, or of the wild carrot or parsnep ; 

 many instances are quoted of death by their use. " Eight young lads, 

 going a fishing to a brook near Clonmel, in Ireland, meeting with a parcel 

 of hemlock dropvvort, and mistaking their roots for those of water 

 parsnep, ate a quantity of them. About four or five hours after, going 

 home, the eldest, who was almost of man's stature, without the least pre- 

 vious disorder, on a sudden fell down backwards, and lay sprawling on the 

 ground. His countenance soon turned very ghastly, and he foamed at the 

 mouth. Soon after, four more were seized in the same manner ; and they 

 all died before morning." 



(reum urbanum. A native perennial, with roots of an austere taste, and 

 fragrant odour. It is sometimes used in Germany as a substitute for Peru- 

 vian bark, but very seldom in this country in any way. 



ivo. X. for October, contains 

 37 to 40. — Nicotzarca (Jean Nicot, ambassador to Francis II. in Portu- 

 gal) tabacum (the name of the tube through which the smoke is exhaled in 

 St. Domingo). — J'nthemis nobilis, Noble or common Chamomile (chamai, 

 on the ground, melon, an apple ; smelling like apples). A tonic and sto- 

 machic. — -Morus nigra, Common Black Mulberry Tree. Fruit used in 

 gargles. — Lavandula spica, Spike Lavender. The spirit " forms a useful 

 cordial for the nervous of the fair sex." 



Barton, John, Esq., of Stoughton in Sussex : Author of " Observations on 

 the Condition of the Labouring Classes of Society." and of " An Inquiry 

 into the Causes of the Progressive Depreciation of Agricultural Labour :'* 

 A Lecture on the Geography of Plants. London. 12mo, 4 folio maps, 

 pp. 95. 7s. 



The study of the geography of plants is of so recent a date, that for the 

 progress made in it we are chiefly indebted to living botanists, and espe- 

 cially to the Baron Humboldt, and our distinguished countryman Mr. Brown. 

 Decandolle, Wahlenberg, Von Buch, and Winch of Newcastle have also 

 laboured in this department. From their works, and those of some other 

 naturalists, Mr Barton collected together the leading facts which he lately 

 delivered in a lecture before the Mechanics' Institution at Chichester, and 

 has now published and illustrated by maps. To render it more generally 

 interesting, Mr. Barton has, for the most part, directed his attention to the 

 geography, or range of growth, of " those plants whose names, or the names 

 of some of their productions, are likely to be known to every one ; either 

 the plants themselves being cultivated in our fields or gardens, or their pro- 

 ductions employed by the apothecary, the dyer, or the cabinet-maker." 



When we consider that in none of our popular introductions to botany, 

 with the exception of the translations of Willdenow and Decandolle, is the 

 subject of the geography of plants so much as noticed, and that none of 

 these introductions or translations contain even so much information on 



