Note 1848 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 15)
Reading edition
Twelve chests of this rhubarb, said to be of the crop of 1793, which had been lying in the Russian Government warehouses, were offered for sale in London, Dec. 1, 1853. Samples of the drug now 80 years old are in our possession, and still sound and good.