Interefting Botanical Information. 
dotes of diftinguifhed perlons, who are 
now living; the firft volume will be pre- 
fented to the public in the courfe of the 
enfuing autumn, The characters are to 
be drawn with a due leaning to the libe- 
ral fide; and to be entirely devaid of ca-» 
Jumny as- well as of every reflection 
which may hurt the feelings of the par- 
ties fpoken of. The firft volume will 
have for its title ** Public characicrs of 
1798,’ and it is intended to publith a 
fimular volume, under the fame title, about 
the fame period of every fucceclling year. 
_ Mr. PERKINS, of Leicefter-{quare, has 
taken out a Patent for a dilcovery 
of the Influence of the Metallic Traitors on 
the human body; made by Dr. PerKINs, 
of ConneSticut.—The relief which thefe 
traitors have given, in many obftinate 
topical pains, and infammatery affections 
incident to the human body, is generally 
imputed to their influence on the azimal 
electricity. An analyfis of the {pecifica- 
tion will appear under its proper head 
in our next Magazine. 
Sh FRENCH. 
The following very laudable attempt 
to naturalize certain exotics in France, 
cannot fail to excite curiofity. Some- 
thing of the fame kind has been attempted 
by individuals among ourfelves, on a 
fmaller feale. There, the effort is now 
made by public bodies, and the conle- 
quences are far more propitious. than 
could have been expeéted.— Were it pof- 
fible to*realize the philanthropic project 
here projected, negro flavery would be 
at an end: the cane-plant and the coffec-, 
A young plant in good health, of 
each of the above, ‘and a pot of each 
af the vegetables, which bear the fol- 
lowing names, have been alfo fent to the 
Citizen BERMOND. 
4. (L’Herbe d’Ecoffe.) Scotch-grals 5 
a new fpecies of stdropogoz, and one of 
the family of graffes, is cultivated at 
St, Domingo *, as a moft excellent fodder 
for horned cattle. 
2. (L’Herbe de. Guinée) + Guinea- 
grafs; panicum altifimum. M.P. Ano- 
ther vivacious grafs, that grows in the 
fands, on the berderg of the fea, and 
which alfo produces a moft excellent fod- | 
der. The Englith’ of the Anjziles, who 
are perfectly acquainted with the merit 
of this plant in waite lands, and for fat- 
tening their cattle, term it Guinie-grafs, 
(Guinea-grafs.) 
3. (Le Laurier de Madére.) The \au- 
rel of Madeira; Laurus Maderienjis. L. 
A grand and charming tree from the 
Canary Iflands ; the feeds of which were 
fent to the muiewum by the botanifts who 
accompanied Capt. D"ENTRECASTEAUX? 
its fruit is very aromatic, and contains 
much effential oil, highly perfumed. 
» 4. (Le Chou Caraive violet.) The violet 
cabbage-tree. of the Caribbee Mlands; 
Arum fagitit-jolium. EL. A vivacious 
plant, with a tuberous root, and a very 
large volume. It contains much nutri- 
tion, grows on banks bordering on water, 
and produces a healthy and abenJant 
aliment. 
5. (Le Thé de’ Saint Domincue.) The 
tea plant of St. Domingo; Capraria bi- 
tree would become indigenous to Eu- fora. L. This is an evergreen fhrub, 
rope} thefe produdtions of our fouthern 
climates, would ‘be 
hands of fturdy freemen, and no longer, 
as at prefent, be moittened by the blood 
and the tears of the opprefl<d Africans! 
The information 'which we prefent to 
_ the public, is extra&ted from ** 47 Efjay 
towards the Naturalization of certain Ve- 
getadles in Fran-e,” by the Citizen Ber- 
MOND, who was inftruSted by the Mu- 
feum of Natural Hiftory and the Com-, 
miffion of Agriculture, to endeavour to 
haturalize the veoetables hereafter men- 
tioned, in his department of the Mari- 
time Alps. ae 
The vegetables confided tc the depart- 
ment of the Maritime Alps, are ;,,..: 
I. The indigo of Ja fa——Pondicherry 
—Agra—the Tile of France—and the 
Antilles. 
II. The cotton-bearing plant—herba- 
ceous of Malfa—wild (2 cotaz faxve) of 
Siam;°in form of a tree —twifted of Cay- 
enhe, ; 
gathered in by. the. 
the leaves of which are employed by the 
inhabitants of the Antilles, for the fame 
purpofe as the tea of China and Japan. 
it would be curious enough, | were we, 
fome day hereafter, to tran{port this f{pe- 
cies of tea to China, and it to obtain a 
wt 
preference there over the native tea of 
the country; this is not impoffible. , 
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6. (L’Acacie de la gomme Arabique 
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‘The gum-arabick-bearing ‘acacia; D7/- 
mofa Nuotica. Ly Although it be very 
probable, that the gum produced by our 
common ftone-fruit trees, purified to. the 
fame degree, would form a good fabiti- 
tute to that which comes from Arabia, 

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* And alfo in Jamaica, wheré it is princ 
cipally ufed by horfes. Tyanf. , 
T So called, as-hayiagycome’ otfeiaitty 
from the coaft of Guinea. \Itis very com 
mion in Jamaica, and has of late been jars. 
duced into our fettlements in the 
where it thrives wonderfully; and haw.beri 
productive of the greatell, advantages. Tran/. 
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