. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. the latter is said to bepeculiaily offensive to bees, which,it is added, may be easily kept at adistance by carrying a handful ofthe flower-heads. Others seem to be offensive toother animals. We are assm-ed byProf. Cantraine that Chrysanthe-mum Leucanthemum is a certainremedy against fleas. The Bos-nians place the plant in the bed ofdomestic animals, and the fleas aredestroyed in a very short time.—,\\i\. 234. In somecases the stimulating action is somuch increase
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. the latter is said to bepeculiaily offensive to bees, which,it is added, may be easily kept at adistance by carrying a handful ofthe flower-heads. Others seem to be offensive toother animals. We are assm-ed byProf. Cantraine that Chrysanthe-mum Leucanthemum is a certainremedy against fleas. The Bos-nians place the plant in the bed ofdomestic animals, and the fleas aredestroyed in a very short time.—,\\i\. 234. In somecases the stimulating action is somuch increased as to assume auacrid form. jSIainita foetida is aweed, every part of which is foetidand acrid, blistering the skin whenmuch handled ; its decoction is astrong and active bitter, in the doseof a tea-cupful producing copiousvomiting and sweating. With thismay be associated Anthemis tinc-toria and Santolina Chamaecjpa-rissus, both obsolete remedies. Insome instances this same etherealoil acquires a remarkable pungency,as in Anacyclus Pyrethrum, thePellitory of Spain, whose fleshyroot when fresh produces on the. Fig. CCCCLXXVII. Fig. CCCCLXXVII.—Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. AsTERALEs.] ASTERACE/E. 707 hands of those who gatlicv it a sensation of extreme cold, followed by a burning heat ;its taste is hot, acrid, and permanent, and it is used as a powerful rubefacient and sti-mulant, especially as a masticatoiy in rheumatic affections of the mouth ; in amitii,at«dform, this same action is found to exist in various species of Spilanthes, and in liidt-nsPyrethrum, Tanacetum, and others, which thus excite salivation powerfully. In some instances the oily secretion of Composites assumes a dangerous form. Themost remarkable instance of this occurs in Arnica montana, a Swiss herb, called in ourgardens Mountain Tobacco ; it is a virulent plant, acting as a powerful narcotico-acridagent ; it is said, however, that this activity has been exaggerated. It has been recom-mended in the cure
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