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never approaches the excellence of the 

 cultivated sorts. 



In swampy tropical districts the pine 

 flourishes and grows wild. But even in the 

 genial climate of the south of Italy and 

 France it does not come to any perfection, 

 owing to the too great prevalence of dry 

 weather. 



We learn from Maloniana that Mr. de 

 Vyme, who was present during the earth- 

 quake at Lisbon in 1755, first introduced it 

 into Portugal. It was long, however, before 

 it was much grown there. 



In India they have, besides other varieties, 

 a sort much smaller than the West Indian one. 



In regard to the pomegranate, Evelyn's 

 letter of 1668 to Lord Sandwich contains the 

 subjoined paragraph : 



"Your Excellency has rightly conjectured of the 

 pomegranate. I have always kept it exposed, and the 

 severest of our winters does it no prejudice. They 

 will flower plentifully, but bear no fruit with us, either 

 kept in cases and the repository, or set in the open 

 air ; at least very trifling, with the greatest industry 

 of stoves and other artifices." 



