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sectioos, and furniture, as also for pulp for paper, threaten the 

 continuance of this incomparable honey-tree. Yet the fact 



Fig. 239. 



Pigwort.—From A. L Boot Co. 



that it will grow to a large tree in fifteen years, and will com- 

 mence to bloom in five years from setting, is full of promise. 

 Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), (Fig. 239), often called 



