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owing to the -want of a proper press) is generally given to the 

 milch cows or goats. 



' " I never heard of any part being used as manure, but I 

 have no doubt it would foi-m an excellent one. 



' " Some of these Argans grow in clusters, others are in single 

 trees. 



' " I have, &.C., 

 (Signed) '"Heney Geace. 



' " To J. H. Drummond Hay, Esq., &c. dsc." ' 



'Except a brief notice of the exportation into Etirope of 

 Argan oil by the Danish Councillor of State, Georges Host, who 

 travelled in the kingdoms of Marocco and Fez during the years 

 1766-1768, the only published account of the uses of the Argan 

 is given in a very little known Danish work, published by 

 P. K. A. Schousboe, entitled " lagttagelser over Vsextriget i 

 Marokko. Forste Stycke. Kiobnhavn, 1800, 4, 7 Tab.," of 

 which a German edition appeared in 1801, in 8vo, by J. A. 

 Markussen. It gives an account of some Marocco plants ; and, 

 after an introductory sketch of the physical geography of 

 Marocco, it contains descriptions of the plants of the country 

 in Latin and German, with occasional observations in German. 

 The account of the Argan under Retz's name -of Elceodendron 

 Argan is long : first comes a technical description, followed 

 by a history of its synonymy, and then the following notes 

 (kindly translated for us by Mr. Bentham) : — • 



' " It is surprising that this tree should hitherto have been so 

 little known; as it is found in a country near Europe, and 

 visited by many travellers, who speak in their diaries and 

 descriptions of oil of Argan and of Argan trees, these last as con- 

 stituting a considerable proportion of the forests of the country. 

 It is, however, not to be met with in the northern provinces, 

 but only towards the south. All those persons, from whom I 

 have sought more accurate information on the subject, are 

 unanimous in stating that it only grows between the rivers 

 Tansif and Sus — that is, between the 29° and 32° N. lat. — and 

 there constitutes forests of considerable extent. It flowers in 

 the middle of June, and the fruit remains on the tree the greater 

 part of the year. The young fruit sets in the end of July or 

 beginning of August, and grows slowly till the rainy season 



