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7'be lame -Tree 



Flouriflics beft on the fides of hills, is eafily tranfi 

 planted, and grafs grows well beneath it. It is 

 very ornamental for clipped and Ihady walks. 

 The wood is foft, light, and fmooth ; clofe grained, 

 and not fubjedl to the worm. It makes good char- 

 coal for gunpowder and for defigners. It is ufed 

 by turners, carvers, and leather-cutters. In fome 

 countries, the leaves are dried as a winter food 

 for fheep and goats. Cows eat them in autumn, 

 but they give a bad tafle to the milk. The bark, 

 macerated in water, may be made into cordage 

 and fifhing nets. The flowers afford the beft 

 honey for bees. The fap, when infpiffated, yields 

 a quantity of fugar. 



Lark/pur. 



The exprelTed juice of the petals, with the ad- 

 dition of a little allum, makes a fine blue ink. 

 The feeds are acrid and poifonous. 



Ground-Ivy. 



The leaves thrown into the vat with ale, clarify 

 it, and give it an antifcorbutic quality. The 

 exprefled juice mixed with a little wine, and ap- 

 plied morning and evening, deftroys the white 

 fpecks on horfes eyes. 



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