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THE SPINDLE-TREE. 



excellent crayon for artists, being of a strong texture, and 

 making a mark which is easily effaced. Loudon also states 

 that the fruit is sometimes employed by dyers, who derive 

 a yellow dye from the seeds boiled alone, a green dye 

 from the seeds boiled with alum, and a red dye from the 

 seed-vessels. 



BRANCH OF THE SPrST>LT>TIU?E. 



A variety of this tree is found in Hampshire which 

 bears scarlet seeds in a white seed-vessel. Several foreign 

 species are also cultivated, all of which, as well as the 



