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The Milk rhiflle 



Is eaten young as' a fallad. The flalks peeled, 

 and foaked in water to take oiit tHe bitternefs, 

 and then boiled, are excellent. The fcales of the 

 cup are as good as artichokes. The root is good 

 to eat early in the fpring. 



v.:. ■; .'. 

 The Beech Tree 



Is large and beautiful, but no verdure will flourifli 

 under it. It is difficult to tranfplant, and loves a 

 fertile foil; bears lopping well, and may be trained 

 to form lofty hedges. They wood is brittle, and 

 foon decays in the air, but endures under water. 

 It is formed into tool-handles, planes, mallets, 

 chairs, and bedftcads; when burnt, it is excellent 

 fuel, and yields a large quantity of pot-afhes. 

 The leaves gathered in autumn, before they are in- 

 jured by frofts, make far better mattrafles than 

 either ftraw or chaff, and endure for feven or eight 

 years. The nuts or marts, when eaten, give the 

 head-ache; but well dried and powdered, make 

 wholfome bread. They are ibmetimes roafted and 

 fubftituted for coffee. In Silejia, the poor people 

 life the expreffed oil inftead of butter. They are 

 excellent for fattening fwine. 



The Scotch Fir 



Flourifhes beft in a poor fandy foil. In groves, 

 the trunk becomes tall and naked ; in open funny 



filuations. 



