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The P I N E T R E E. 



P I N U S. 



Large and beautiful Tree, Native of Italy^ 

 but kept in our Gardens. We have a wild 



Kind of Pine in the North, called Scotch Fir, but 



it is not the fame Tree. The Trunk of the true 

 Pine, is covered with a rough brown Bark, the 

 Branches with a fmoother, and more redifh. The 

 Leaves are long and flender, and they grow al- 

 ways two from the fame Bafe, or out of the fame 

 Sheath, they are of a bluifh green Colour, and 

 are a little hollowed on the Infide : The Flowers 

 are fmall and inconfiderable, they Hand in a kind 

 of Tufts on the Branches ; the Fruit are Cones of 

 a brown Colour, large, long, and blunc at the 

 Top. Thefe contain between the Scales certain 

 white Kernels of a fweet Tafle, and covered with 



a thin Shell. 



Thefe Kernels are the Part ufed, and they are 

 excellent in Confumptions, and after long Illnefs, 

 cxiven by way of Reftorative. An Emulfion may 

 be made by beating them up with Barley Water, 

 and this will be of the fame Service with com- 

 mon Emulfions for Heat of Urine. 



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The Wild Pine Tree 

 PINUS SYLVESTRIS. 



Tree Native of many Parts of Germany^ YtTf 

 much refembling what is called the manured 

 Pine, or fimply the Pine before defcribed. It 

 grows to be a large and tall Tree, the Trunk is 

 covered with a rough brown Bark, that of the 

 Branches is paler aad fmoother. The Leaves are 

 very narrow, and Ihortj they grow two out of a 



Cafe or Hulk, as in the other, and are of a bluilh 



green 



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