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A special kind of salt similar to sodium sulfate is extracted from ashes of its roots. 



Cultivation. This plant originated in southern France and can't tolerate the 

 severe cold of the northern provinces. The stems and branches sometimes die, although 

 they grow again from the base of the plant. The plant is propagated in February from 

 cuttings placed in fresh, gentle, good quality soil. They'll take root the same year, but 

 they should be transplanted only at the end of the following year or in the spring of the 

 year after that. It grows naturally in cool damp places and requires a generally similar 

 location in our gardens. 



KEY TO PLATE. 



1. French tamarisk. 2. Calyx, enlarged. 3. Complete flower, greatly enlarged. 4. 

 Pistil. 



