l8o DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



with inscriptions indicating the name and season 

 of the plant, the soil best adapted to its growth, 

 and its principal use. Among the species which 

 have been thus propagated may be mentioned 

 the flax of New Zealand, phormium tenax, and 

 the Pensylvanian potatoe, convolvulus batatas, 

 which are now spread through the south of 

 France; the cresses of Para(i), the tetragonia 

 expansa (2), the cleytonia cubensis (3), etc. 



At the formation of this garden the ground was 

 raised eight feet, to bring it to the level of the 

 surrounding soil : the details of its cultivation may 

 be found in the memoirs inserted by M. Thouin, 

 in the 2d volume of the Annals, p. 162. 



(1) Spitanthus oleracea ; it excites salivation, and often dissipates the 

 tooth-ache when rubbed upon the gums. 



(2) A. good esculent brought from New Zealand by Sir Jos. Bankes= 

 (5) A culinary plant, for which we are indebted to M. Bonpland, 



