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THE CAPER-SHRUB. 
Lat : Capparis Spinoza. 
Cl: POLYANDRIA. 
Old: MONOGYNIA. 
Capparis Spinosa is a native of Italy; the 
buds are the capers which we so much esteem 
in sauce. 
Sometimes it is propagated by slit-laying the 
young branches, but it succeeds best from seed, 
which should be placed in a hot-bed. 
This plant thrives most luxuriantly in an ho- 
rizontal position, but it seldom arrives at per- 
fection in this country. 
