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flowers, sometimes as large as the monthly rose. 

 It is wild on the rocks of TenerifFe. 



The flowering raspbei'ry (Rubus odoratus) is 

 covered now Avith its large red flowers, and the 

 beautiful Californian hva.n\h\e(Rubiis spectahilis) 

 invites our attention, not only by its dai'k pur- 

 ple flowers, but by its sweet odour; while the 

 American raspberry looks among the bushes 

 and trees of the shrubbery like some bush 

 spattered with snow, from the abundance of its 

 white single rose-like floAvers. This last plant 

 is very plentiful among the bushes and trees of 

 the forests of the new world. 



That very elegant plant the single-seeded 

 broom, (Spartium monospermum^) Avith its blos- 

 soms like snow-white butterflies, seated on its 

 long pliable branches, is now frequent in 

 gardens. It is a native of Portugal, and is said 

 by Osbeck to grow along the shores of Spain, 

 like the willow tree, as far as the flying sands 

 can reach. Few plants Avill thrive so Avell near 

 the ocean, and its roots are most useful in 

 binding down the sands; while the swine which 

 frequent these shores, and the goats Avhich 

 browse on the surrounding cliffs, seek some 

 relief from the scorching sun, beneath its 

 shadoAV. Its foliage, too, is much relished by 

 the latter animal, and the peasants make bas- 

 kets of the long twigs, in Avhich they carry their 

 provisions to market for sale. It grows also in 

 Arabia and Syria, and along the sandy coasts of 

 Barbary. 



The Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) is, 



