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provide water very copiously. Red water has 
sometimes been called ‘Watery Braxy,’ but I 
apprehend that the braxy is more properly a re- 
‘tention of urine, proceeding from inflammation 
of the bladder, as the dry braxy is another name 
often applied to inflammation of the bowels. I 
never met with a case where a ewe laboured 
under retention of urine. When it occurs it 
most frequently attacks rams, and many valuable 
sheep have been lost from its effects. I have re- 
marked it to have been generated by placing 
them on clover that had previously been mown. 
As it may be easily detected by the distension 
and tenderness of that part of the body exter- 
nally, the water can be successfully drawn off by 
acatheter. It may not be unnecessary to caution 
the shepherd that diuretic medicines are most 
injurious in a retention of urine, as they increase 
the secretion of the fluid without in any way fa- 
cilitating the discharge.” See the article Braxy. 
RED-WING, or Mavis,—scientifically Zurdus 
Gliacus. A British song bird, of the thrush 
genus, and passerinous order. It arrives from 
the north and north-east of Continental Europe 
in the latter part of October, and remains in Bri- 
tain through the winter. Its total length is about 
8? inches. The upper part of the head and neck, 
the back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts 
are uniform clove brown; the chin, the throat, 
the belly, and the under tail-coverts are dull 
white, tinged and streaked with brown; and the 
sides of the body, the under wing-coverts, and 
the axillary feathers are bright reddish orange. 
This bird inhabits wooded pleasure - grounds ; 
and passes in mild weather into pastures and 
meadows; and feeds on worms, larve, and slugs. 
RED WOOD. See Cranoravs. 
REED. See Arunpo. 
REED-GRASS. See Canary-Grass. 
REEL. The instrument on which a gardener’s 
lines are wound; also, the instrument attached 
to the butt of an angling-rod for winding in the 
fishing-line. 
REGULUS. A genus of song-birds of the 
warbler family and passerinous order. The king- 
let or golden crested regulus, 2. amicapillus, is 
one of the smallest of British birds, and remains 
in this country throughout the year. Its total 
length is about 33 inches. The forehead is grey- 
ish white; the crest feathers are bright yellow, 
tipped with orange; the back and the upper 
tail-coverts are olive green, slightly tinged with 
yellow; and the wing and the tail feathers are 
brownish black, edged with greenish yellow. 
This bird most commonly frequents fir planta- 
tions, and builds on the branches or twigs of the 
fir-tree ; and it feeds on insects, seeds, and small 
berries. The eggs amount to from 6 to 10, and 
have a pale reddish white colour. 
The fire-crested regulus, 2. ignicapillus, is not 
so common as the preceding species, and is about 
half an inch longer, and has three dark lines and 
two light ones on the side of the head, while the 
golden-crested regulus has only one black line. 
Its crest also is of a much more vivid red colour ; 
and its tail feathers are longer. 
REIN-DEER. See Dzzr. 
REINS. See Bearine-Rein and Brivis. 
RELHANIA. A genus of ornamental, small, 
evergreen, Cape-of-Good- Hope undershrubs, of 
the sunflower division of the composite order. 
Five or six species, all yellow-flowered, and loving 
a soil of peaty loam, and propagable from cut- 
tings, and varying in height from 6 to 24 inches, 
have been introduced to British gardens; and 
upwards of a dozen more are known. 
RENANTHERA. A genus of ornamenal, tro- 
pical, epiphytous plants, of the orchis order. 
The scarlet species, /. coccinea, is a native of 
China, and was introduced to Britain in 1816, 
It was long known to fame as one of the most 
magnificent flowering plants in the world, and 
is now celebrated as one of the most splendid 
beauties of our most select stove collections; but 
it requires peculiar and nice treatment in order 
to be brought to bloom. It has long fleshy tor- 
tuous roots, and long leafy stems, and veinless 
fleshy leaves, and vast panicles of scarlet flowers ; 
and it commonly attains a height of about 8 feet, 
and blooms from March till May, but may be so 
managed as to be kept in high and even perfect 
flourish during about four months. It succeeds 
best in peat mixed with reduced potsherds, and 
requires a high play of combined heat and mois- 
ture; and when 6 or 7 feet high, it must be 
placed in full exposure to the sun’s direct rays, 
and occasionally washed over in the afternoon 
with a syringe. It is propagated from shoots or 
young branches, taken off and potted in moss. 
The name renanthera alludes to the kidney-like 
shape of the pollen masses. 
RENCALMIA. A genus of ornamental, white- 
flowered, evergreen, herbaceous, greenhouse 
plants, of the iris order. Three species, varying 
in height from 12 to 24 inches, and all blooming 
in spring, and thriving best in a soil of peaty 
loam, have been introduced to Britain from New 
Zealand and Australia. 
RENNET, or Runner. A liquid preparation 
for coagulating milk. See the articles Cumxsn, 
Minx, and Bepstraw. The best rennet, and by 
far the most commonly used in Britain, is a pe- 
culiar infusion of the inner coat of a calf’s 
stomach; and this is prepared in different ways 
in different districts, and has a diversity of 
power and quality dependent on the method of 
preparation. The Gloucestershire method, as 
described by Mr. Marshall, may be regarded as a’ 
fair specimen of the English methods; and the 
Ayrshire method, as described by Mr. Aiton, is | 
at the same time the prevailing method through- 
out the Scottish Lowlands. Mr. Marshall says: 
—“Take the maw of a newly killed calf, and 
clean it of its contents, salt the bag, and put it 
into an earthern jar for 3 or 4 days, till it form 
a pickle; then take it from the jar and hang it 
