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make candles witli this, in the shape of such as we use of tallow, or wax 

 rather ; giving not only a very clear and sufficient light, but a very 

 agreeable scent. The candles are now frequently brought hither to us, 

 and also the tree itself, of which I have seen a thriving one. 



LENTISCUS\ 



This is a very beautiful evergreen, and refuses not our climate when 

 protected with a little shelter ; it is propagated by suckers and layers. Of 

 this tree are made the best tooth-pickers in the world, and the mastick, 

 or gum, produced from it, is of excellent use in fastening the teeth. 



OLIVER 



As the Lentisc, so may the OLIVE be admitted, though it produce 

 no other fruit than the verdure of the leaf ; nor will it kindly breathe 

 our air ; nor the less tender Oleaster, ^ without the indulgent winter- 

 house take them in. 



PISTACIA ( LENTiscus J foliis abrupte pinnatis : foliolis lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1455. 

 The mastick-tree. From this tree is obtained the gum mastick. 



It is of the class and order Dioecia Peniandria. 



Martial observes of this tree, that it makes excellent tooth-picks : 



Lentiscura melius ; sed si tibi frondea cuspis 



Defuerit, dentes penna levare potest. l. I*, ep. 22. 



' Of this GENUS there are two species i 



1. OLEA C EuRopMA ) foliis lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 11. Olive with spear-shaped leaves. 

 Olea Sativa. Bauh. Pin. 472. The olive-tree. 



2. OLEA C CAPENsisJ foliis ovatis. Lin. Sp. PI- ll. Olive with oval leaves. The cape 

 olive. 



The Olive is of the class and order Diandria Monogynia. 



It will be unnecessary to give any directions concerning the cultivation of those trees, 

 as neither of them can stand the cold of our climate. The first^is a native of the southern 

 parts of Europe, from the fruit of which is expressed an oil of general use. The other is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



<J The title of the OLEASTER, or Wild Olive, is, tlwagnus foliis lanceolatis. In the Hortus 

 Cliffortianus it is termed simply, Eloeagnus. Caspar Bauhine calls it, Olea Sylvestris, folio molli 



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