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THE TAMARISK. 
Tamarix gallica, 
Prats 7, Fie. 3. 
“zs ROWING almost exclusively in the 
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south of England, and rarely even 
there exceeding the size of a 
shrub ten feet in height, Tamaria 
gallica ig not very well known. 
pall! ? That it belongs to the Tree 
he family is, however, proved by the fact that 
id |! it sometimes attains a height of as much 
x as thirty feet, with a trunk of consi- 
derable thickness. It prefers a deep, sandy soil 
and the presence of water, and is frequently found 
in proximity to the sea. It is partially evergreen, 
its branches are of a purplish hue, and its leaves; 
