330 
California  Manna. 
km.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jul5%1897. 
spiritual  conquerors  of  California,  assures  us  that  it  exudes  in  con- 
siderable amounts  from  the  shrubs  (arbrisseaux)  in  April,  May  and 
June." 
It  will  be  shown  hereafter  that  this  is  not  a  literal  abstract  from 
the  original  source,  where  the  wTord  roseaux  is  used  instead  of  the 
word  arbrisseaux. 
In  tracing  this  subject,  first  the  biography  of  Father  Picolo 
presents  itself  as  follows  : 
BIOGRAPHY  OF  FRANCOIS  MARIE  PICOLO  2 
Abstracted  from  Bibliotheque  des  Ecrivains  de  la  Compagnie  de 
Jesus,  Liege  A.  Lyon,  1872,  p.  1957. 
"  Picolo,  Francois  Marie,  a  Sicilian  Jesuit,  was  born  in  Palermo, 
March  24,  1654,  entered  the  Society  of  Jesus  in  1673,  and  made  the 
four  vows  in  Mexico  in  1689.  He  founded  the  Mission  of  Jesus  of 
Carichic,  where  he  resided  for  fourteen  years,  and  afterwards  united 
with  Father  Jean  de  Salvatierra  in  order  to  open  the  missions  in 
California. 
"  After  a  stay  of  forty  years  with  the  missions,  he  received  the 
reward  of  his  toil  on  February  22,  1729." 
His  writings,  as  far  as  known  to  me,3  are  contained  in  the  follow- 
ing communication  : 
"  Memoir,  with  regard  to  the  conditions  of  the  missions  lately 
established  in  California,  by  the  Fathers  of  the  Society  of  Jesus ; 
presented  to  the  Royal  Council  of  Guadalaxara,  in  Mexico,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1702,  by  Father  Francois  Marie  Picolo,  of  the  same 
society,  and  one  of  the  original  founders  of  this  Mission." 
This  memoir  of  F.  M.  Picolo  is  reprinted  literally  in  W.  I.  Kip's 
Historical  Scenes  from  the  old  Jesuit  Missions,  New  York,  1875, 
which  is  an  abstract  of  American  topics  from  the  following  work : 
"  Lettres  Edifiantes  et  curieuses,  ccrites  des  Missions  Etranglres, 
in  4.J  volumes,  containing  the  letters  of  the  Jesuit  missionaries  from 
about  i6jo  to  1750,"  this  collection  being  purchased  by  W.  I.  Kip 
from  the  library  of  the  Bishop  of  Durham. 
Speaking  in  Chapter  II,  Missions  in  Lower  California,  1702,  he 
states,  p.  57,  in  the  months  of  April,  May  and  June,  a  kind  of  manna 
2  Thanks  are  extended  St.  Xavier's  College,  Cincinnati,  for  library  courtesies,  ' 
thus  enabling  this  biography  to  be  presented. 
3  J.  U.  L. 
