t $ z Dr. Robinfon to Mr. Ray, 



z. The Perfumers at Montpellier do make their fa* 

 mous Cyprefs Powder generally of the Mofs of the 

 ,preep £)ak, for they tell me *tis the moft fpongy 3 

 "and, after wafhing and drying, will imbibe their 

 Perfumes better than any other Mofs whatfoever. 



3. The Chondfiila c^rulea Cyani capitulis hath on- 

 ly a Pale, or Border of Leaves, encircling a Thrum 

 of fmall Flowers : It hath no full, or double Flower. 

 M. Magnole told me, that he hath frequently found 

 ibout Montpellier the Chondrilla Sefamoides 3 diffia c<e- 

 iulea y flore completo Eyfi. circa font em Piguet. This 

 lath a very full Flower, and ieems to me to differ 

 tothing from the Cbondrilla carulea Cyani capitulisj 

 tut in its Flower, 



4. The Sefeli Pratenfe Monjpelienf. agrees with our 

 Inglifh Meadow Saxifrage in every particular : I can- 

 not find the lead Note of Diftinftion. 



. Thus far your Queries as to France ; to which I 

 will tack an Obfervation or two to fill up. 



I have obferv'd the Inhabitants of Languedoc to get 

 a Tar-like Suh fiance out of the Juniperus major baccA 

 nfefcente^ much after the fame Manner as Pitch is got 

 from the Pinus by a kind of Diftillation per defcen- 

 fun. This they do fuccefsfully ufe in curing feveral 

 Difeafes of their Cattel, efpecially Scabs, impetigo^ 

 anc fuch-like Difeafes. I know a Pra£fcitioner in 

 Mmtpellier^ who frequently ufes this fame Refina Ju- 

 nipri in cutaneous Difeafes 5 and I fancy it may prove 

 a g?od Medicine in fome fcorbutick and calculous 

 Cafes, if methodically and judicioufly manag'd. 



Since my coming into Languedoc^ I have obferv'd 

 an lnfe£t boring the Ilex Coccigera with an Infiru- 

 men:, or Organ, coming from its Belly. I know 

 not vhether it might not be conveying its Eggs into 

 the Ilex, together with a venemous Vehicle for the 

 Birth of the Kermes. I wifh I could meet the fame 

 Opportunity again of making farther Obfervations* 

 Mafyighfs Hiftory of vegetable Exerefeences might 



