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ages paft. There fliould be aflemblcd the great 

 Indian-cheftnut, the tulip-tree, the mulberry, the 

 acacia of America and of Afia ; the pines of Vir- 

 ginia and Siberia; the bear's-ear of the Alps; the 

 tulips of Calcedonia, and fo on. The fervice-tree 

 of Canada, with it's fcarlet clufters ; the magnolia 

 grandiflora of America, which produces the largeft 

 and m oft odoriferous of flowers: the ever-green 

 thuia of China, which puts forth no apparent 

 flower, fhould interlace their boughs, and form, 

 here and there, enchanted groves. 



Under their fliade, and amidft carpets of varie- 

 gated verdure, Ihould be reared the monuments of 

 thofe who tranfplanted them into France. We 

 fliould behold, around the magnificent tomb of 

 Nicoty AmbafTador from France to the Court of 

 Portugal, which is at prefent in the church of St. 

 Paul, the famous tobacco-plant fpring up, called 

 at firft, afcer his name, Nuotiana, becaufe he was 

 the man who firft diffufed the knowledge of it 

 over Europe. There is not a European Prince 

 but what owes him a ftatue for that fervice, for 

 there is not a vegetable in the World which has 

 poured fuch fums into their treafuries, and fo many- 

 agreeable illufions into the minds of their fubjefts. 

 The nepenthes of Homer is not once to be compared 

 to it. There might be engraved on a tablet of 

 piarblcj adjoining to it, the name of the Fleniiili 



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