says, that when oxen will not draw together, but 
strive against each other, if a piece of the plant be 
laid on their yokes it will stay or loose their strife, 
and make them agree. 
These are fancies at which we may now smile, 
but they tend to lead the man of contemplative mind 
into a review of human nature, as it existed at a 
period past by ; and a comparison of former and 
present knowledge of the divine laws by which the 
world is governed. Such examination cannot fail 
to open a wide field of enquiry, of peculiar interest 
not alone to the philosopher, but to every one who 
remembers the words of the poet, 
‘ The proper study of mankind is Man.’ 
The Lysimachia dubia, is an ornamental plant, 
which is rarely met with, even in good collections. 
It is, notwithstanding, an old inhabitant of English 
. gardens, having been cultivated by Miller, who gives 
minute instructions for its culture. Some of his 
observations are useful. After directing how the 
plants should be raised on a hotbed, which is mere 
routine, he says, When they are fit to remove, plant 
each in a separate pot, plunging them in a moder- 
rate hotbed to forward their taking new root; after 
which gradually inure them to bear the open air; 
into which remove them the beginning of June, and 
let them remain there till October; when they 
should be removed into a common frame, where 
they may be sheltered from frost in winter, but al- 
ways enjoy the free air in mild weather. The 
spring following, some of the plants may be plant- 
ed in borders; but a few should be put into larger 
pots, where they may flower and seed. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 314. 
