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thickly spread, they admit of no others, it is a grand and 
most useful tree; the Cher (Pinus longifolia,) is more gener- 
ally scattered, and grows at a much lower level than the 
Deodar, though they are often seen mixed: the other smaller 
trees chiefly confined to ravines and glens, are Holly, a Pear, 
(with a small round fruit,) Peach, (with tasteless white flesh,) 
Cherry, a fine creeping white Rose, which often covers and 
hides a large tree, Horse-Chestnut, Eleagnus, Kaephul, (Cori- 
aria?) Viburnum, and Lonicera, also Andromeda. Around the 
villages again, is always a fine show of Walnut, Pomegranate, 
Apricot, Mulberry, and Nettle Trees, (the latter really gigan- 
tic, and the tender leaves are used as greens), About temples 
only, is a beautiful tree, with most fragrant flowers during the 
rains, which I suppose to be Phillyrea angustifolia. Willows, 
(one weeping,) abound in wet places. 
* The smaller shrubs which beautify our bill-sides are chiefly 
Jasmine, (yellow and white,) Barberry, of two kinds, (the first 
has prickly holly-like leaves, and flowers in March, the other 
has much more entire leaves, though there are generally two 
or three prickles, and flowers in June, the fruits of both are 
excellent); Raspberry, of two sorts, (one with yellow fruit, 
which flowers in February and March, another with black 
fruit, flowering in June, the berries of both are very good); 
Hawthorn, of two kinds, (one erect, and the other grows in 
convoluted woody bushes, rising very little above the ground); 
a dwarf Holly; a Laurel, tasting strongly of Cinnamon; 
several species of Ivy; a gigantic Asparagus ; two Hyperica; 
the Daphne cannabina; two species of Clematis; and a few 
others, of which I cannot even determine the genus. Whe- 
ther most to blame my own stupidity, or the antiquity of my 
books, as the cause of failure, is a question I cannot answer— 
it may be owing to both. 
* Of smaller plants, the fields are covered in spring i 
Tulips, while the wheat and barley are only peeping upwards; 
in the water-courses a yellow Ranunculus, and the Primula 
dentata everywhere abound ; on shady banks a yellow-flowered 
Strawberry, and what I suppose a Tiarella, are prevalent; 
the fruit of the former is quite tasteless, though of a brilliant 
