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LYCOPODIUM  CLAVATUM,  LIN. 
Rub  the  powdered  cochineal  first  with  the  hot  water  gradually 
added,  and  then  add  the  alcohol.  Then  triturate  the  oil  of  rose 
well  with  the  powdered  gum  arabic,  and  gradually  add  the  water 
as  in  making  emulsion.  With  this  mix  well  the  solution  first 
formed  and  filter,  and  to  the  filtered  liquid  add  the  glycerin  and 
mucilage  of  quince  seeds,  and  shake  well. 
The  mucilage  of  quince  seeds  should  always  be  freshly  made. 
If  the  alcohol  is  sweet  and  free  from  foreign  odor,  and  the  gly- 
cerin perfectly  inodorous,  a  less  quantity  of  oil  of  rose  may  suf- 
fice. 
If  care  is  taken  in  its  manufacture,  this  will  form  a  beautiful 
and  elegant  preparation,  with  a  rich  rosy  fragrance. 
When  applied  to  the  skin  it  imparts  an  agreeably  soft,  smooth 
and  velvety  feel.  It  is  an  excellent  application  for  the  face  after 
shaving. 
I  have  tried  many  similar  combinations,  but  have  never  sold 
an  article  that  has  been  so  generally  admired  and  so  universally 
popular  as  this. 
Philadelphia,  Bee,  1869. 
ON  LYCOPODIUM  GLAVATUM,  LIN.,  AND  OTHER  NORTH 
AMERICAN  SPECIES  AS  A  SOURCE  FOR  LYCOPODIUM. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
The  club  moss,  Lyeopodium  clavatum,  Lin.,  and  two  or  three 
allied  species  of  the  same  genus,  grow  in  the  temperate  zone  of 
the  northern  hemisphere,  particularly  in  the  northern  half 
thereof.  The  Lyeopodium  of  commerce  is  mostly  collected  in 
the  mountains  of  Switzerland  and  Germany  ;  that  collected  in 
Poland  and  Russia  is  usually  less  handsome  in  appearance,  and 
is  regarded  as  of  inferior  quality. 
The  sporangia  in  the  genus  Lyeopodium  are  situated  in  the 
axils  of  the  leaves.  Two  species  indigenous  to  North  America, 
Lyc.  lucidulum,  Mich.,  andiy?/6'.  selago,  Lin.,  have  the  sporangia 
scattered  along  the  stem,  and  consequently  ripen  but  few  at  a 
time,  so  that  these  species  are  unfit  for  the  collection  of  the 
sporules.  The  other  North  American  species,  seven  in  number, 
have  the  sporangia  collected  in  spikes.    Two  of  these  are  rather 
