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usual in this disease, were painted over with a thick coating 
of tar. 
In two days the tar had been partly removed by washing 
and wear, and was then completely removed by means of 
benzole. The rough edge of the rings had disappeared and 
could not be discovered when the finger was drawn across 
it. Since then the skin has gradually recovered its natural 
condition, and no appearance of a return lias shown itself. 
At the same time a fresh ring which had made its appear- 
ance on the body of another child was treated in a similar 
manner, and the disease disappeared with the tar in the 
course of a couple of days. 
I am happy to say that I have no further means of con- 
tinuing these experiments, 
Mr. Charles Bailey, in distributing some specimens of 
Erica vagans, L., from the Lizard, Cornwall, suggested that 
British botanists, in recording the localities on the labels of 
plants, should also add the province and vice-county as 
given in Mr. Watson’s “Compendium of the Cybele Britan- 
nica,” 
