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NEW PLANTS, ETC., FROM THE SOCIETY'S 

 GAKDEN. 



10. Rhamnus CROCEUS. Nuttall^in Torrey and Gray's Flora of 

 North America, \. 261. 



Raised from seeds received from Hartweg in January, 1848, 

 and marked " a dwarf evergreen shrub, near the sea- 

 shore, Monterey." 



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A small evergreen ]);ish, first described by Mr. Nuttall, who 

 found it on bushy hills and in thickets near Monterey, and who 

 describes it as " A much-branched thorny shrnb, with yellow 



