nal of Caftile, is to begin at the village o f Olea, near
Fontibre, about a league and a half from Reinofa, is to
pafs by Comefa, Cabria, Villaefcufa, Eftrecho del Con-
gofto,' Mave, Villella, Eftrecho de Nogales, Herrera de
Pifuerga, Oforno, Fromifta, Convento O ’ de Calahorra, and
Grijota ; where it is to meet the branch of Campos-, that
is to come from Medina de Rio Seco, then to continue
by Palencia, Duenas, Venta de Trigueros, and La Veru-
ela, and enter the river Pifuerga, below Valladolid ; by
which means, ft will communicate with the Duero, and
meet another branch, which is to begin at Segovia, and
pafs by Hontenares, Bernaldos, Nava de Cocos, Olmedo,
Mata-pozuelos, and villanueva de Duero ; but when all
this will be executed, thofe who have travelled through
Spain, and obfervedthe flow progrefs of all public works,
may form a tolerable judgment, fo that this grand improvement
with many other projects, o f a lefs folid
foundation, may be faid to be yet clofely enveloped, and
hidden in the bofom of time.
and private views o f any individual. Roll’s diSL of commerce'. London, 1*7 6r.-—--The
nuts,, when eaten,- occafion giddinefs, bttt when well dried,, and powdered, they make whole-
fome bread. They are fometimes roafted and fubftituted for coffee. The poor people in
Silefia ufe the expreffed oil, inilead of butter.— Dr. Withering'’s botanical arrangement, &c.
L E T T E R
L E T T E R X V .
Maturai hijlory of the Spanifh plant Gayuba, or perennial leaved
Jlrawberry-tree.
T IÍ E Spanifh plant gayuba, having been defcribcd
by the late Don Jofeph Quer, furgeon to his Catholic
majefty, and firft profelfor o f botany in the royal
garden at Madrid, I ihall lay before my readers a fum-
mary of his treatjfe (a), with the ohfervations which occurred
to him in the courfe of his praéìice, refpeding
this plant.
The gayuba, or arbutus Uva urli, ó f Linnaeus (¿), is
indigenous to Spain, for though it grows in Italy and
j (t?) tDifferfacion phyfico bptanica fobre la paílion népbritica, y fu 'verdadero efpecifigo, If
uva urli, o Gayubas. Su autor Don Jofeph Quer Cirujano de S. M. Córifultor de fus
fealés exercitbs* académico Üel'inftituto de Bòlònfe.; de fe. real medica matritenfe y primée
'profeíTor de botanice del-real jardín de plantas ¡de Madrid. Madrid, 1.763.
I (b) Uva. urfn; Qlu.s hift.'^.Hifpanic 7 ^ , Tóurnefort. ínft. R. H. 5^9. CIáf$ .xx.
Tabernicen 1080. Boerhaave Ipd. A . 1 1 . 219. Scheuchzltin vii. 520.
Vitis Idasa foliis carnofis, ét velüli puftátatis, five Idasa Radix DiofCoridis, C. %. - Tin 4^6,
Raii liift. i n 1489Í
Radix Idsea putafa et uva urli I. B. i. 523^ Idaea Radix Lugd. 193.
Uva uvfi Galeni Glufip^,.Tarkj ^4581^ . r 1 • t r a t«/> . «
Vaccinia urfi, five uva uríi.ápud Glufium Ger. 1230. Emac 1416.
Arffoflaphylon. Siegefb. flor. 13.
Arbutus caulibus procumbentibus,"foliis integerrimis. LINN. H. clíÍF. 163, j¡
Officin. Vitis Idsea.
In Spanifh Gayubat
T other