No. 162. 
CARISSA SPINARUM. 
Ciass. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the East Indies: it wasi 
duced about the year 1810, and flowers 
regularly in the spring, making a very lively, 
cheerful appearance. It frequently puts out 
suckers from the roots, by which it is in- 
creased, as it may also by cuttings. The 
branches are armed with thorns, which come 
out in pairs at each alternate joint. A loamy 
soil, with a mixture of peat earth, is very 
suitable for it. We find it necessary to pre- 
serve it in the stove; and if this be upon the 
old principle, it must be plunged in the tan. 
