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Medical Botany. 



A white, spreading, open flower, edged with a velvety purple. — Wild's 

 Black and Clear Auricula. Pretty, and white-edged. — Cordon Bleu Car- 

 nation. A handsome, very large, and double variety. — The Morning 

 Star Georgina (Dahlia). Very handsome deep crimson. — Sir George 

 Duckett Tnlip. Handsome, with bright yellow flowers variegated with 

 scarlet and dark velvet. — Pncelle de Gand Carnation. Very handsome. — 

 Julius Ranunculus. A curious and beautiful variety. — Redman's Metro- 

 politan Auricula. — Hogg's Beauty of Middlesex Picotee. The flowers are 

 double, not so large as some varieties, white slightly tinged with yellow, and 

 edged with green. — Dennis's Imperial Georgina (Dahlia). Handsome, large, 

 deep crimson flowers. — Bonaparte Tulip. A strong and tall-growing va- 

 riety, with white flowers variegated with dark velvety purple. — Agricola 

 Ranunculus. A handsome variety. — Gloria Alborum Tulip. A neat 

 variety. — Strong's Duchess of Kent Tulip, Fine, and highly coloured. — 

 Smith's Waterioo Auricula. Very handsome. — Platonia Tulip. Pretty ; 

 grown in the third row of the tulip bed, and sold at 30^. the root. — Xan- 

 thus Ranunculus. Handsome ; from the collection of Mr. Groom at Wal- 

 worth, who, by planting ranunculus roots at different seasons, contrives to 

 have flowers all the year: a practice long in use among the German gar- 

 deners. — Lawrie's Glory of Cheshunt Auricula. One of the first-rate 

 flowers," from the collection of L. Weltje, Esq., of Hammersmith ; price, in 

 Mr. Hogg's catalogue, 155. to;; 20*. — ^ Hird's Inimitable Picotee. Hand- 

 some. " From the select collection of Mr. T, Hogg, of Paddington Green, 

 who, we believe, cultivates the largest collection of this tribe of flowers in 

 this country." [We have brought Mr. Hogg a packet of carnation seed, 

 iVom his friend and correspondent M. Bosch, Director-General of Royal 

 Gardens to the King of Wurtemberg, which we hope will add something: 

 new to his collection.] 



Medical Botany, &e. By John Stephenson, M.D., and James Morss 

 Chiu-chill, Esq., Surgeon. In 8vo Numbers, monthly. 3s. 6d. 



N'o, XXI. for Se])tember, contains 

 80 to 87.-— Rhododendron chrysanthum ; i?hododendra. {Jig. 40.) 

 This is a beautiful shrub, the stem seldom exceeding, in alpine situations, 

 1 ft. in height, with few terminal ovate leaves 

 attenuated to the footstalk, and large yellow 

 flowers. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia, 

 Kamtschatka, and Behring's Island, and was 

 introduced, in 1796, to our gardens, by Mr. 

 Joseph Bush. It exerts a stimulant and dia- 

 phoretic effect ; and the Siberians use it in 

 rheumatic and other affections of the muscles 

 and joints. It sometimes flowers, in our gar- 

 dens, in the middle of summer. — Swietenza 

 febrifuga ; ikfeliae. A native of the East In- 

 dies ; and its bark is considered " a valuable 

 astringent and tonic in intermittent fever." 

 It is lofty, with a thick straight trunk ; the 

 leaves about 1 ft. long, alternate, and abruptly 

 pinnate; the flowers are numerous, white, m 



middle-sized, and inodorous; the wood is of a dull red colour, and very 

 hard and heavy. « Its dose, in substance, is from one to four, five, and six 

 drachms a day." — i?anunculus acris. A herbaceous indigenous plant of 

 lintain, occurrmg everywhere in spring and summer, and blistering the 

 mouths of cattle — R. FMmmula. This, in England, is usually called the 

 femall or l.esser Spearwort, and grows plentifully in marshy places, all over 

 H-urope. It is very acrid, and inflames and blisters the skin when applied 

 externally. — Angelica archangclica. This is either indigenous or completelv 



