THE TAMARISK. 



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a carter, who, having lost his whip, gathered one of the 

 long flexible branches at the Mount, and at the conclusion 

 of his journey stuck the rod into the ground, where it 

 grew, and was soon extensively propagated. It is far from 

 improbable that it was introduced in some such way from 



FLOWERS OF THE TAMARISK. 



France, for it grows from cuttings as freely as the Willow, 

 provided that it be planted in autumn or early in spring. 

 On the Continent it is said to grow in the greatest abun- 

 dance on the banks of rivers ; but in England it flourishes 



