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3. An Intoxicating Grass.—Besides the “ Dronk” grass, i. e., 
Drunk Grass, of the Dutch Colonists in S. Africa, of which we 
mentioned Dr. Shaw’s account a year or two ago, it now appears 
that there is in Mongolia another grass with a corresponding 
native name and similar properties. The account of it is given by 
: : ie 
4. Primitie Monogrophie Rosarum.—The third fascicle of 
this interesting essay by M. Cr&prn has come to hand. It deals 
with Asiatic i 
temperature. The comparison should be made between the 
; and the results were negative,—in the Paris cases no diiter- 
ence 
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ee earlier than young trees of the species, while the old tree of 
: hee chestnut, Sophora, Linden, and Pawlownia were later than 
young trees, A very full series of cases, of different species, 
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Seay any differences due to age would be small in comparison 
due to climate, yet they might be expected to be 
