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ADDENDA 



BUTCHER'S BROOM. — RUSCUS. 



Natural order, Samentacece. Asparagi, Juss, 

 A genus of the Dioecia Syngenesia class. 



" Where'er we gaze, above, around, below, 



What various tints, what magic charms, are found!" 



Byron^ 



" — easie things, that may be got at will, 



Most sorts of men doe set but little store." 



Spencer. 



This singular and beautiful evergreen shrub, 

 that embellishes our native thickets, deserves 

 a more frequent situation in ornamental shrub- 

 beries. It seldom exceeds three feet in height, 

 and therefore is particularly calculated to 

 clothe the foreground of these plantations, 

 and to intermix with the mezereon, the la- 

 vender^ and other diminutive shrubs, where 

 the rich blue green of its stiff and sharp- 

 pointed leaves at all times forms a happy con- 

 trast : and which are no less gay than curious 



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