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to their host. One of the best gardeners in these 

 parts says that the Mastic is not sufficiently utilized 

 in gardens : I quite agree with him. 



The Mastic does not reach the same altitude as 

 the Terebinth, and prefers drier and hotter situations. 

 Mr. C. Bicknell says that it blossoms, as a rule, several 

 weeks later than the Terebinth. 



The Terebinth (Pistacia Terebinthus, Fig. 16) is 

 almost as common on the hills here as the Mastic. The 

 two shrubs often grow together. This plant is dioecious 

 and apetalous, like the last, but deciduous : the leaves 

 are imparipinnate, with much broader leaflets. The 

 fruits are ornamental ; being first variegated, then 

 red. The Terebinth has curious horn-shaped galls 

 caused by the puncture of Aphis Pistacire. Mr. 

 C. Bicknell informs me that on the Italian Riviera 

 the shrub is called Scornabecco (goat's horn) on 

 account of these excrescences. They are used in 

 tanning. These galls are not very unlike the large 

 pods of some leguminous plants, and I have known 

 them to be mistaken by beginners for fruits. Unlike 

 the galls on the Mastic, they are decidedly ugly ; 

 eventually they turn black, and are then still more 

 hideous. P. Terebinthus prefers a calcareous soil. 

 It is said not to ripen its fruits at Antibes. Grows 

 with the Aleppo Pine up to close on 2,000 feet. 



The Terebinth, as its name implies, yields 

 turpentine, French " to" re" ben thine," but the turpentine 

 of commerce is now obtained mainly from certain pine 

 trees (P. palnstris and P. tceda] which grow in the 

 forests of North Carolina and Virginia. In Chios 

 and Cyprus the turpentine is collected during the 

 month of July. Incisions are made in the stem, and 



