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years in ripening, and afford an oil, which gives 

 the flavour to gin or juniper- water. The ripe 

 berries, when dried, were used in this country as 

 we now use pepper, before that spice became com- 

 mon. The bark is sometimes made into ropes; 

 and the wood of juniper, which is hard and durable, 

 and of a reddish colour, is used by cabinet-makers 

 for different purposes. Frankincense, which is 

 the produce of another species, Junip'erus l/cia, 

 is brought to this country from Turkey and the 

 East Indies, but principally from Arabia. The 

 wood used in making black-lead pencils, though 

 commonly called Cedar, is really that of another 

 species of Juniper, Junip'erus bermudi'ana, which 

 grows to a considerable size. 



The Tamarind-tree, Tamarin'dus indicus, whose 

 fruit is so delightfully acid, is a native of the East 

 and West Indies, and belongs also to this order. 



The Gera'nium, of which there are several 

 native species, and a great number of foreign ones, 

 is the only genus in the order Decandria, of the 

 class Monadelphia. It has, however, been divided 

 by M. L'Heritier, a French botanist, into three 

 genera Ero'dium, Pelargo'nium, and Gera'nium: 

 the first two of which he has placed in the order 

 Pentandria, and only the last in Decandria. The 

 seed-vessels of all these genera are wonderfully 

 constructed, and are well worth your observing. 

 The Geraniums found in Africa are much larger, 

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