


NATURAL HISTORY. 21% 
POMEGRANATE TREE. 
| "Tuts tree grows both wild and cultured. The 
_ branches of the firft are fmall, angular, and armed 
‘with thorns: The bark is red ; the leaves fimall, like 
the myrtle ; and the flower is large, of a beautiful 
garnet, and-compofed of feveral leaves reprefenting 
a little bafket of flowers. The cup is oblong, pur- 
plith, and in form like a bell.—F rom. this bloifom is 
produced a fruit, which grows into a large round ap- 
_ ple with a thick, fmooth, brittle rind, adorned with 
a purple cup. This apple is called the pomegranate, 
which is too well known in our elegant deferts to re- 
quire a particular defcription.—The wild pomegran- 
ate is only produced in hot countries. The juice of 
the pomegranate is much valued in medicine. Of 
this tree the Englifh reckon five forts, which are cul. 
_ tivated more for ornament than utility. They con- 
fiit of the common, {fweet, wild, double flowered and 
American dwarf pomegranate. ‘The firft of thefe is 
the moft common in England, which, with care, has 
been known to afford fruit that has ripened tolerably 
well in warm feafons: But as they generally ripen 
late, they are feldom well tafted. The double flow- 
ered, continuing its beautiful bloom for near three 
_ months, is efteemed as the moft valuable flowering 
tree yet difcovered. Pe 


——OMCSTE ME NG OI 
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: : RICE PLANT. 
Tus plant is much cultivated in the Fatt, and 
produces the grain fo much confumed, which is called 
rice, Although a native of the Raft, great quantities 
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