FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



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forms a close round head, raised a few feet above the ground. 

 lie describes both this and a sort witli a spherical fruit, and says 

 that the fruit and rind eaten together are very agreeable, adding, 

 however, that they leave a burning aftertaste. It is too acid 

 for an English palate. Aprils 1848. 



18. Zauschnekia Californica. Presl. in Reliquice Hceii- 

 heancE, vol. ii. p. 28, t. 52. 



