SECT.XII.----PLANTS USED IN RURAL CECONOMY.

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618. SONCHUS arvensis. Fir.rn Sow-Thistle. —This is a very ex-cellent food for hogs and tame labbits.

619. TAMUS communis. Black Bryony -----The yonng shoots of

this plant are collected by the cottagers as food for hogs, and are saidto make them fat.

620. THUJA vccidenlalis. Annon-ViT*.—The leaves of this treebruised and applied to the soles of the feet are said to cure the ter-tian ague. The usual mode is, to put it close to the soles in a bag,a «d renew it every other morning.

621. (JLMUS campestris. Commos Ei,m. — The leaves of this treea re stripped off in Worcestershire and boiled as food for hogs, anda re found to be very nutritive to that animal.

622. ULMUS monlana. — -Witch Elm. —The wood of his will striplr, to thongs, which are used to tie different articles, similar to bass-matting.

Section XIII. — POISONOUS PLANTS GROWINGIN GREAT BRITAIN.

" On the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

1 have found it necessary to be particular in my description of the ar-ticles in this section, as 1 find that, although the knowledge of Botany"asin some measure increased, yet, in general, we are not better ac-quainted with the Poisonous Vegetables than we were thirty years ago.Many and frequent are the accidents which occur in consequence of'Mistakes being made with those plants; but it in general happens that,from feelings easily appreciated, persons do not like to detail such"lisfortunes; which not only hides the mischief, but prevents, in a great"leasure, the antidotes becoming so well known as for the good of so-ciety we could wish they were. This I experienced in my researchesafter several facts which i wished to ascertain regarding this subject.However, whilst we have in common use such plants as Foxglove,Hemlock, and Henbane, and which are now so generally sold in ourh'ib-shops, people who sell them ought to be particularly careful not,to let such fall into the hands of ignorant persons, and thereby beadministered either in mistake or in improper quantities. Our drug-