No. 409. 
MYRSINE RETUSA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of the Azores: it was 
growing much like a myrtle: the flowers 
are inconspicuous, but the berries are of a 
beautiful purple and very ornamental: they 
are usually ripe in the spring, from the 
produce of the preceding year’s blossoms. 
It may be propagated by cuttings without 
much difficulty, and requires keeping in the 
greenhouse in winter: the soil should be 
loam and peat. 
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