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FEATHER BUSH. 
ing simultaneously all over the bush, gives it a most 
remarkable and uncommon appearance. It seemed to 
prefer poor dry soils, and would bear the climate of 
Europe or the northern parts of the United States very 
well from the alpine situations in which we uniformly 
saw it. It is somewhat astringent to the taste, and 
agreeably, though not powerfully aromatic. 
Plate LI. 
A branch of the natural size with its fruit, a. The flower. 
b. The fruit. 
