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THE TAMARISK. 



be no doubt that the second opinion is the correct one. 

 In no case is there any real connexion between the two 

 substances. 



DUTCH MYRTLE, OR SWEET GAI.K. 



The manna of commerce, as has been stated before 

 (p. 65), is the produce of a European tree, Ornus 

 Europaa. 



The Tamarisk was by the Greeks called Myrica ; but 

 the plant known to modern botanists by this name is a 



