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ERYSIMUM PEROWSKIANUM. 



native of Palestine, and is growing in the Birmingham Botanic Garden, where it 

 was raised from seeds sent to that institution, by Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburg. 



It requires no care in cultivation, any soil and situation being suitable. 



This genus is almost exclusively European, and contains about fifty species. 



Their properties are pungent and acrid, having also the power to inflame and 

 blister the skin. 



They are of no use as articles of food or medicine. 



The generic name, Erisymum, is formed from the Greek kpvoi (eryo), to draw, 

 in reference to the power it possesses of producing blisters. The specific name is 

 in compliment to Mr. Perowski, a Russian botanist. 



