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pulp similar to that surrounding the seeds of the poisonous Rhus, but 

 richer in waxy or oily matter. Crows appear to like this fruit very much, 

 and the stomach examinations show that in August and September it 

 formed rather less than 1 percent of their food, increasiug to 1J per- 

 cent in October, and exceeding 4 percent in jSTovembei'} after which 

 time it did not appear in the stomachs. The shrub is well known as a 

 harmless, aromatic bush of no particular importance, but the fruit 

 was formerly used in the manufacture of wax for candles, whence it 

 received the name of candleberry, by which it is still known in some 

 places. 



