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flexible arms! I must, from this day, leave thee! O my beloved 
father, consider this creeper as myself!” 
The double and single Japan-rose (hibiscus rosa sinensis, Linn.) 
form excellent garden hedges, and the rich crimson of the flowers, 
contrasted with the vivid verdure of the leaves, add much to our 
horlensiai beauty: but, from being almost scentless, they are less 
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esteemed than the kenna, or mendey (lawsonia spinosa, Linn.) 
which makes as fine a fence, and perfumes the air with a delicious 
fragrance; few shrubs are more esteemed throughout India, Persia, 
and Arabia, than the kenna. The hibiscus mutabilis, or change- 
able-rose, in its three varieties, of white, rose-colour, and crimson, 
all blowing at one time on the same plant, is a pretty object in an 
oriental garden. 
Bombay abounds with excellent vegetables, indigenous to the 
climate, and is not unfavourable to cabbages, lettuce, potatoes, 
and several others, introduced from Europe and the Cape of Good 
Hope. The banda (hibiscus esculentus, Linn.) is a nutritious 
oriental vegetable; so is the bungal, or egg-plant (solanum melon- 
gena, Linn.) which grows to a much larger size than in Europe; 
the yam (dioscorea, Linn.); with the fenugreek (meli trigonella foe- 
num-graecum, Linn.); the sweet potato, and a variety of calavances, 
or Indian beans, are much liked at the English tables. The Chili 
pepper (capsicum), of various sorts, is planted throughout Hindos- 
tan, and forms a principal ingredient in curries, and other savory 
dishes, which the natives are all fond of, whether they eat animal 
food or not: to the capsicum they generally add the cardamom 
(amomum-repens, Linn.) a pleasant spice from the Malabar coast; 
