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acid juice, and is eaten raw by the Natives, and is sometimes 

 made into preserves; the bark is strongly astringent and is used 

 for tanning leather. 



PHYLLANTHUS LONGIFOLIUS. Euplwrbiacece, NAT. HDRPORORI. 

 A small tree, commonly cultivated for the sake of its fruit, 

 which is the size of a large gooseberry ; it is more esteemed by 

 the Europeans than the Emblica, and is used both as a pickle 

 and preserve. 



PHYSALIS PERUVIANA. Solanacece. NAT. TAPUREEA. The 

 Winter Cherry. This plant, commonly called Cape Gooseberry 

 or Brazil Cherry, grows luxuriantly in a good soil. The seed 

 should be sown at the commencement of the rains. The young 

 plants when about six inches high should be set out in rows at 

 least two feet apart from each other, sufficiently wide apart, in 

 fact, to allow the gardener to pass easily between them. They 

 may be grown either on sticks or on trellis, and should be care- 

 fully pruned. The young shoots bear the finest fruit, and if 

 carefully attended to, will bear almost all the year round, the 

 excellence and abundance of the fruit well repaying for any 

 extra care bestowed on the cultivation of the p&nt. Being of 

 easy culture, it is hardly known to what a state of improvement 

 this apparently worthless fruit may be brought. Produced 

 under an improved method of cultivation, it is a most wholesome 

 and useful fruit. I know of none more so for tarts, or even for 

 dessert, and for making jam or preserve. After seeing the 

 common fruit, grown without care or attention, one would 

 scarcely credit the size of that produced under proper and 

 careful management. The bush should every now and then be 

 carefully pruned cutting out the old wood, as the new shoots 

 provide the finest flavoured fruit. 



PHYTOLACCA ICOSANDRA. Phytolaccacece.A.n herbaceous plant ; 

 leaves alternate, entire, without stipules ; flowers racemose, A 

 tincture from the ripe berries has the reputation of being a 

 remedy for chronic rheumatism and syphilitic pain. 



PINE-APPLE. Bromeliacece. The plants that yield this very 

 superior fruit is much esteemed for its sweet aromatic flavour. 



