THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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in South America, and the "false tea" < Laut.uia pscudo- 
thea) , employed in Brazil. 
It may l>e seen that there -t. that 
may be used for tea; every com un. so 
to speak, by looking among ti . up in 
its own fields. The digestive ■ es of 
these teas of course var\^ with : ; roper 
to select those that possess tlx ^ degree. 
We incline to believe that the Roman camomile holds' first 
place, but it is easy to try a large nunil)er of other teas 
whose plants may be found in the gardens, for here we 
must not discuss tastes, and each plant has its own peculiar 
flavor. — From an article in American Grocer. 
I Note and Comment. 
botanical notes. It should be noted that the magazine is 
issued as soon as possible after the fifteenth of each month. 
PiXE Forests.— In Step's "Wayside and Woodland 
Trees"' we are told that there can be no such thing as a 
pine forest, for the old German word forst, from which our 
word forest is derived, means pine. A forest, then, is prop- 
erly an assemblage of p-ine trees. 
The Hackberry for Shade.— The editor of Arbori- 
culture recommends the hackberry (Celtis ocddentaiis) as a 
shade tree. It is a clean tree, free from insects and pro- 
duces an abundance of berries much liked bv the birds. 
