MYRICA. 



^67 



cooled, grows hard almost like wax, and is of a greenish- 

 grey, or ash-colour. The farmers use it for candles, and 

 the Hottentots eat it like so much cheese *. 



This last shrub has been cultivated in England since 

 1759. 



* Thunberg's Travels, vol. i. p. 249. 



