
          have no knowledge of systematic botany. Mr. Henry, has therefore, after having again pilfered 
his description from Woodville, selected, perhaps an Angelica for his Imperatoria.
51. Viscum album D.                  Viscum album. Mistletoe of the oak.
No botanist has yet ascertained with certainty whether the Viscum album, 
which is a native of Europe, is also a native of the United States. Mr. Henry, however, 
found it most convenient to copy his plant without any modification from 
his friend Woodville, where a description also was ready prepared for him.  
He must have employed the Viscum rubrum or Viscum purpureum in his 
practice.
52. Artemisia vulgaris. A.         Artemisia. Mugwort.
53. Sinapis nigra. A.                   Sinapis nigra. Mustard, Black.
54. Verbascum thapsus. C.      Verbascum. Mullen [Mullein].
55. Urtica dioica. C.                    Urtica dioica. Nettle, common.
56. Avena sativa. C.                     Avena sativa. Oat, cultivated.
57. Amygdalus persica. A.         Amygdalus americana. Peach tree.
58. Portulaca oleracea  . C.       Portulaca oleracea. Purslain [Purslane].
59. Spiraea ulmaria. D.               Spiraea ulmaria. Queen of the meadows.
It is impossible to know from the figure what American plant Mr. 
Henry means by Spiraea ulmaria, which is a native of Europe, and has 
pinnated leaves. It is doubtful whether the plant figured is Spiraea
at all.
60. Rumex acetosa. D.                Rumex acetosa. Sheep sorrel.
The Rumex acetosa, or "common sorrel" of Europe, is sometimes cultivated 
in our gardens, but is nowhere found native. Mr. Henry has coppied [copied] 
the engraving description and all, and no doubt considers our 
Rumex acetocella as the same plant, although to an observer of no 
uncommon acuteness the difference would be at once apparent.
61. Veronica beccabunga. C.    Veronica. Speedwell, Male.
62. Polygonum bistorta. A.        Polygonum Bistorta. Snake weed.
Here the American Culpepper has really put us at defiance; 
for although we are at no loss in ascertaining from whence he 
has taken both the engraving and description of this foreign 
species of Polygonum, we can find no Polygonum, or any other
plant resembling it which he could have substituted. We therefore 
suppose that in this instance, not suspecting detection, he has 
merely added this plant to help out his American herbal, as in his 
history of it he only observes that it "grows wild in moist meadows
&c." without informing us in what part of the world those meadows
are to be found.
63. Convallaria polygonatum. C.   Convallaria polygonatum. Solomon's seal. 
64. Saponaria officinalis. A.            Saponaria officinalis. Soap wort.
65. Chenopodium vulvaria. A.       Chenopodium foetidum. Stinking goose-foot.
Neither this plant nor the Polygonum Bistorta above mentioned, 
has ever, that we know of, been seen even in our gardens. Mr. Henry 
has therefore no knowledge of them but what he has derived from 
seeing the engravings and reading the descriptions. 
66. Hypericum perforatum. B.      Hypericum perforatum. St John's wort.
67. Juniperus sabina. A.                  Sabina. Savin.
This is one of Henry's indigenous plants!
        