Note 2394 — Chapter XII · EXPORTS OF THE ISLANDS, ITALY, GAUL, AND SPAIN.
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It is now found in gardens on the gulf of Cadiz. “The Spartium Junceum (Spanish broom) showed its admirable flowers over a garden-wall which was higher than a man’s head. This plant is discoverable at a great distance by its fine smell.” Osbeck, Voyage to China, i. 81.