every, or every other day has been found useful in 
calculous cases. It was first used for this purpose 
at Monpelier, and afterwards by Dr. de Haen, at 
Vienna, who relates several cases, in which it pro- 
ved of the greatest service. Its success in England 
has been uncertain. Sometimes the patients found 
no relief, but thought their comj)laiuts rather ag- 
gravated than alleviated; whilst in other calculous 
and nephritic cases, the symptoms have been almost 
entirely removed. Perhaps, upon the whole, we 
shall find it no better than other vegetable astrin- 
gents; some of which have long been used by the 
country peo})le, in such complaints, and with very 
great advantage, though hitherto unnoticed by 
regular practitioners.” 
This beautiful little prostrate evergreen re(piires 
to he [)lanted in a very light sandy })eat, but may 
occupy either a dry or moist situation. Its culture 
is sometimes abandoned from the attendant want 
of success; which arises simply from inattention to 
its natural habit of rooting as it advances. If its 
trailing branches be not frequently laid down, and 
secured as they j)roceed in growth, they will soon 
become sickly, and ultimately j)erish. In the High- 
lands of Scotland it is found in abundance, in dry 
sterile places, fre(iuently covering coarse loose sand, 
where the branches may be traced far from their 
origin, rooting as they shoot along. Here nature 
j)erforms the office of the gardener, through the in- 
tervention of winds. These sweep along the sur- 
face of the earth, and deposit a stratum of sand 
about the plant, into which it insinuates its young 
fil)rous roots and flourishes abundantly. 
