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Tree of Life, 

 ARBOR VI T^. 



Small I'ree of irregular Growth, a Native of 

 America y but common in our Gardens. The 

 Trunk is covered with it rough brown Bark: The 

 Brandies are numerous, and irregular j the young 

 l\vigs are flatted, and the Leaves on them are 

 very flat, and of a fcaly Texture j they are of a 

 bright Green, narrow, and fomewhat like the 

 Leave's of Cyprus, only not prickly, the Flowers 

 are whiii(h, fmall, and inconfiderable : They fl:and 

 tt)v,-ards the Tops of the Branches. The whole 

 Tree has a ftrbno; and not ao;reeable Smell, it 

 b'lifigs into one's Mind old bad Cheefe. ^ 



Ilie young Shoots, and Tops of the Branches, 

 arc ufed frefli. An Infuflon of them is good a- 

 gainfl: Obfl^rutlions of the Lungs, but it muft be 

 flip^ht, and the \2^Iq: continued. 



' The Gum A n i m e T r e e. 



ANIME ARBOR. 



T>argc and beautiful Tree, Native oi America. 



fts Trunk is covered with a fough brown 

 Bark •, the Leaves are large and oblong, they are 

 not unlike thofe of the common Bay-Tree in Form, 

 rfhd they always grow two at a Joint, one oppo- 

 flte to the other. They are vfery numeroui; and 

 the 'Branches ot die Tree fpread a great Way, 

 tliey are not at all naked, but the Head feems at a 

 Difla'ncc a iblid Mafs ; The Leaves are of a firm 

 Texture, but when held uptd the Light, innumera- 

 ble Holes are feen in them, as they are in the 

 Leaves of St. Johi's-ivcrt. The Flov/ers are 

 ihaped like Pea Blc-flbms ; they are of a purple 



Colour, 



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