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and tonic ; sush at least as I have examined and prescribed from our 
drug-g-ists, undoubtedly belong's to the present species. Hence, though 
others of the Diosma groupe may contain similar properties, abound- 
ing", as they all do, in a strong aromatic odor, and glands filled with 
essential oil, yet by the Hottentots and those who gather Bucku for 
the European and American markets, preference is given to our Ba- 
rosma crenulata. The scent seems to me to be as powerful as that of 
any other of the tribe, but at the same time much more agreeable, 
and more resembling that of some mints. 
Baivsma pulchella. Neat Barosma. This shrub grows from one ^ 
to three feet in height ; leaves crowded, ovate, quite smooth, with 
thickened, crenate-glandular margins ; peduncles axillary, usually soli- 
tary, exceeding the leaves ; flowers pale-red. The Hottentots use the 
leaves of this plant, dried and powdered, under the name of Bucku, to 
mix with the greece with which they anoint themselves. It gives 
them so rank an odor, that Thunberg says he could not bear the smell 
of the men who drove his wagon. It is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, and flowers from September till February 
Propagation and Culture. This is a genus of pretty little shrubs, 
which thrive best in a mixture of sand, peat, and a little turfy loam ; 
and cuttings taken from ripened wood, and planted in a pot of sand, 
with a bell-glass placed over them, will strike root readily and thrive 
well. 
