the berries, which is used for eating as well as burning in 
Jamps. ; 
It is pretty certain that the tree produces little or no 
Mastick except in the island of Chio, where it is an important 
article of cultivation; whence some botanists have doubted 
whether the Chio tree be not a different species from that of , 
the European and African Continents ; it seems however to be 
generally allowed that there is no specific difference between 
them. 
With us it makes a handsome greenhouse shrub and has 
been cultivated as such for a century and half, being men- 
tioned in Evetyn’s Calendar, published in 1664. It does not 
very frequently produce flowers in this country, or at least 
not till it has acquired the growth of several years. 
_ Flowers in May. Propagated by cuttings. Communicated 
by Messrs. Wuitiry, Brame, and Mine, of the Fulham 
Nursery. , : | 
