sSrafe ( 553 ) 5&5&e 
medicinal ufes of magnefia alba 2) on the fol- 
vent qualities of calcined magnefia 5) on the 
variety in the folvent powers of quick-lime 
when ufed in different quantities. 4)00 varicus 
abforbents as promoting or retarding putrefa- 
£lion. 5) on the comparation, antifeptic po¬ 
wers of vegetable infufions, prepared with 
lime &c. 6 ) on the fweetening properties of 
fixed air. By thom;hbn.r7 Lond. 8. 
x. p. ios. herbert diff. de igne, triplicem illius 
flatum complexa, quum fluidum elafticum eft r 
Caloremque efficit, quum motu rapidifiimaf 
a corporibus euibratus, lux eft, quum denique 
irretitus ac velut vinftus a corporibus gignitur 
autjfua in libertate exiftens ab his abforbetur. 
Vienn. g. 
Eden or a compleat body of gardening both itl 
knowledge and praftice, direfting the gardencr 
in his work for every diftin£f week in the vear, itl 
the kitchenground, flower-garden and nurfery, 
and fhewing theproprietorthofe fhrubs, piant* 
and flowers which are moft usually cultivated ira 
gardens, or moft worthy to be fo; with the 
hiftory, defcription and flgure of every kind 
and their true culture and management - - illu- 
ftrated with figures of about hundred of the 
fineft fhrubs, flowers and plants. By 1. mr-t. 
M. D. Thefecond edition, corre£ted and enlar- 
ged with the addition of twenty folio plates of 
new plants, kow flrft raifed in the royal gar¬ 
dens at kew London fol, maj. 111. hill editio¬ 
nem hanc fecundam curauit. Conuenit hoc opur 
quam maxime cum calendario oeconomico, in quo 
qualibet feptimana cuiufque rnenjisplantae in variis- 
hortis , pomariis, viridariis nominantur et earum 
tuitura et augmentum traduntur, item quid hortu¬ 
lanum 
