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tended to confirm the truth of that dodrine 
in a remarkable manner. Thefe were oc- 
cafioned by a letter from Mr. Mylins, of 
Berlin, informing Mr. Watson, that a 
tree of the Pahna ?najor foliis flabelUfirmibus, 
which, although it had borne fruit for 30 
years paft, had never brought any to per- 
fedion, until the flowers of a male- tree, 
brought from heipjic, 20 German miles dif- 
tant, had been fufpended over its branches. 
After this operation, the tree yielded, the 
firft year, above 100, and the fecond, upon 
repeating the experiment, above 2000 ripe 
fruit; from which 1 1 young Palm-trees had 
been propagated (/). 
In the fame volume are fome remarks on 
the cafe of two women in Brabant^ who had 
been nearly poifoned by eating the leaves of 
what had been called White Henbane ; but 
Mr. Watson proved, that it muft have 
been the Hyofcyamas niger, lince the white 
does not grow fpontaneoufly in that coun-- 
try. The fame letter confirms the poifon- 
Qus efFed: of the Tew-trec upon horfes(i). 
(/') Phih Travf. Vol. xlvii. p. i6g. 
{k) lb* Vol. xlvii. p. 199. 
Mr. 
