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be fermented iiito a vinous beverage. Well adapted for sandy coast 

 ridges ; the leaves, although not so good as M. alba, afford food for 

 the ordinary silk worm. It is said that wherever mulberries grow 

 that most destructive frugiverous bird, the " silver-eye," concentrates 

 all its attention to its fruit and thus keeps away from the vines. 

 This tree would, in that case, prove a most useful auxiliary to the 

 fruitgrower in keeping this feathered enemy away from the orchard 

 and the vineyard. 



MYROBOLAN PLUM (Prunus cerasifera, Ehrhart, and P. Myro- 

 bolanus, Desfontaines). The Cherry Pluintree. Countries at and 

 near the Caspian Sea, of rather tall growth. The fruits called also 

 Mivables (which name is given to some varieties of P. domestica as 

 well), whence long ago the objectionable designation Myrobolan 

 cherry -plum arose. Flowers very early and before the development 

 of its leaves. Splendid for hedges ; grows vigorously in the poorest 

 soil ; ramification impenetrably dense ; bears almost any extent of 

 clipping ; not hurt by exposure to sea air. Planted for hedges in 

 two rows 18 to 24 inches apart. 



OSAGE ORANGE (Madeira aurantiaca, Nuttall), Texas, Arkansas, 

 Louisiana. This thorny deciduous shrub can be well trained into 

 hedges ; unisexual, resists severe frosts, on rich river banks grows 

 to a great height, valuable for all purposes where toughness and 

 elasticity are required. The plant is not readily subject to blight 

 or attacks of insects. The foliage is as good a food for silk-worms 

 as that of the white mulberry. 



Makes one of the best hedges for this climate, being, if kept in 

 order, close and almost impenetrable to stock or trespassers. Propa- 

 gated by sets ; the line of fence having been marked, the soil should 

 be stirred to a good depth. Sets should be planted in a double row, 

 sets being six or eight inches apart and the rows ten to twelve inches 

 apart. Press the soil firmly to the sets. If a hedge is planted on 

 sloping ground a furrow or ditch should be run along the line of the 

 upper side to protect the hedge from being worked away. A deep 

 trench should be run between the hedge and the first line of vines 

 or trees for the purpose of keeping the roots from trespassing on 

 the cultivated land. Osage orange hedges are said to not harbour 

 small birds as most quick hedges do, and for that reason are 

 recommended, as small birds do enormous damage at times to the 

 vines. 



PEPPER TREE (8hinus Nolle, Linne). A fast-growing ever- 

 green shrub or small tree of the cashew family, native of South 

 America and Mexico, and cultivated for ornament and shade in 

 Southern California, Australia, and other warm dry climates ; will 

 bear droughts aod intense summer heat of Central Australia better 

 than almost any introduced plants. S. Terebinthifolia, from Brazil, 

 form fine promenade trees in Victoria, Algeria, and Tunis, having 

 a better habit and richer foliage than the preceding. 



POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum, Linne). North Africa and 

 South-Western Asia ; widely cultivated for its showy flowers and 



