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to Rome from Carthage, in the days of the 

 murderous Sylla; and about thirty-three years 

 after this celebrated city was totally destroyed 

 by Scipio, the second Africanus. Pliny says, 

 in the 21st chapter of his 13th book, that 

 " the territory of Carthage claims to itself the 

 Punic apple, which some call pomegranate; 

 from the flowers of which we get the colour 

 to dye cloth, called puniceus (pink or light 

 red)/' He speaks of nine varieties, book 23, 

 chap. 6; and, in the former book, he de- 

 scribes the sweet sort, the sour, the tem- 

 perate, the styptic or austere, and one kind 

 tasting of wine. " The difference/' he says, 

 " between the pomegranate of Samos and 

 that of Egypt, consists in their flowers; the 

 one being white and the other red. The 

 rind of the sour kind," he says, " is the best 

 for tanners and curriers to dress their leather 

 with/' This author recommends pomegra- 

 nates to be divided into quarters, and steep- 

 ed in rain-water for three days; which he 

 states makes a good drink for those who 

 are troubled with weak habits. The flowers, 

 rind, and every part of the fruit, were used 

 medicinally by the Romans; on which sub- 

 ject he has written at large, book 6, chap. 

 23. 



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