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Britain more than fixty years:* It isrnore hardy than the P 
Lentifcus, and if planted againft a wall, it bears our 
win 
well. 
very 
Cyprus, or Chian Turpentine, which this tree furnifhes, > is nrn_ 
d by wounding the bark of the trunk of the tree, in feveral 
places, in the month of July, leaving a {pace of about three inches 
between each wound ; from thefe the Turpentine iflues, and is re- 
ceived upon ftones, which are placed at the bottom of the tree for 
this purpofe, and upon which it becomes fo much condenfed 
the coldnefs of the night, as to admit of being fcraped off with a 
knife in the morning, which is always to be done before the fun rifes: 
after this, in order to free it of all extraneous admixture, it is aeaia 
liquified by the fun's heat, and pafTed through a drainer, when it is 
fit for ufe. a The quantity of this Turpentine produced from each 
tree, is very inconfiderable, in fo much that it has been obferved that 
four large trees r fixty years old, whole trunks meafured five feet in 
circumference, only yielded two pounds nine ounces and fix drams 
but in the eaftern parts of the iflands, the names of which this Tur 
pentine bears, the trees afford fomewhat more, though ftill fo Un- 
as to render it very coftly, and on this account it is commonly adu 
terated, efpecially with other Turpentines. The beft Chio Turper 
tine is generally about the confidence of thick honey, very tenaceous, 
clear, and almoft tranfparent, of a white colour, inclining to yellow, 
and a fragrant fmell, moderately warm to the tafte, but free from 
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acrimony and bitternefs. The medicinal and other qualities of th 
Turpentines will be confidered together under the fpecies of Pinus 
oee index. 
* See a Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, &c. which are propagated for fale in the gar 
dens near London, published in 1730, p. 78. Terebinthus i. Alton's Hort..Kew. 
a See Du Hamel, /. c.p. 308. -and Tournefort, Voyage du Levant, t. i. p. 145° 
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