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List of Tables. 
I. Number of specimens experimented on, 
II. Effects of reagents in evolving colour. 
esta T. 
IX. } Reactions of chloride of lime on alcoholic solution. 
Reactions of ammonia on alcoholic solution. 
ely Effects of simple ammoniacal maceration. 
XVI. 
XVII. 
XIX. Colour of alcoholic infusion. 
XX. Effects of heat, moisture, exposure, &c., in modifying 
colour. 
XVIII. XXI. Detectability of colorific properties by reagents. 
XXII. XXIII. Green and brown dye-lichens, 
XXIV. Genera not operated on. 
The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names 
_ and Uses of the Plants, and of the Customs and Beliefs 
which have been associated with them. By GrorGE 
Jounston, M.D., Edinburgh. London: John Van Voorst, 
Paternoster Row. 1853. 
(Continued from page 332.) 
Whilst our language remains, the memory of these days 
shall never pass away, for we believe that every reflecting 
mind will confess there is a charm in the names of Herbs 
Gerard, Bennet, Christopher, Paris, and Robert; Timothy 
Grass, Wild Basil, and Good King Henry; Sweet William, 
Cicely, and Marjoram, they are memorial-flowers scattered 
along our daily paths, greeting us with every returning 
spring, commemorating the friendships and work of our 
elder Herbalists, as well as the grateful feelings of a simple 
peasantry who had benefited by their kindness and skill. 
““ They do not wisely, that with hurried hand 
Would pluck those salutary fancies forth, 
From the strong soil within the peasants’ breast 
VOL. LVII. NO. CXIV.—ooT. 1854. a0 
