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FALSEHOOD. 
MANCHINEEL TREE. 
Tue fruit of this tree is of the colour and 
size of the golden pippin. Its beautiful ap- 
pearance has tempted many Europeans to eat 
of it, who have lost their lives in conse- 
quence. The tree grows to the size of an oak, 
and its wood is Giraidersd very valuable, being 
capable of a high polish, and wearing well, 
In cutting them oti, the juice of the hated is 
generally burnt out before the work is begun, 
as it will raise blisters on the skin, and ete 
holes in linen; and the labourers outa be in 
danger of losing their sight, if it were to fly 
into their eyes. Vegetables are said not to 
grow under its shade, nor cattle to eat of its 
foliage ; except the goat, which may eat it with- 
out sustaining j injury. 
Wrne reno 
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WALL-FLOWER. 
The rude stone fence with wall-flowers gay, 
To me more pleasure yield 
Than all the pomp imperial domes display. 
SCOTT. 
Tus favourite flower of the cottage garden 
loves to grow in the crevices of old walls ; to 
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