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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



plant was mentioned by Moses as one of the attractions of the 

 Promised Land ; and he was commanded to make golden pome- 

 granates and their blossoms alternately on the hem of the 

 ephod ; while four hundred specimens of these curious globes 



Ohelo, or Hawaiian PIuckleberey. 



were wreathed around the capitals of the two brass pillars of 

 King Solomon's temple. 



Various parts of this shrub were used by the ancients for medi- 

 cine, and the bitter juice furnished a light but indelible blue stain. 



