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was now in full bloom. Its flowers have 

 a very pleafant fragrancy, which refrefhes 

 the travellers in the woods, efpecially to- 

 wards the evening. The flowers of the 

 wild vine afterwards fupplied the place of 

 thofe of the Magnolia. Several other 

 flowers contribute likewife towards per- 

 fuming the ambient air. 



The Kalmia anguft [folia was now every 

 where in. flower. It grows chiefly on fan- 

 dy heaths, or on dry poor grounds, which 

 few other plants will agree with ; it is 

 common in Penjyhania, but particularly in 

 New Jerfev, and the province of New 

 Torky it is fcarce in Canada -, its leaves ftay 

 the winter ; the flowers are a real orna- 

 ment to the woods ; they grow in bunches 

 like crowns, and are of a fine lively 

 purple colour ; at the bottom is a circle of 

 deep purple, and within it a greyifh or 

 whitifli colour. The flowers grow as 

 aforefaid, in bunches, round the extremity 

 of the ftalk, and make it look like a deco- 

 rated pyramid. The Englifc at New York 

 call this plant the Dwarf Laurel. Its 

 qualities are the fame with thofe of the 

 Kalmia latifolia, viz. that it kills lheep and 

 other leifer animals, when they eat plen- 

 tifully of it. I do not know whether it is 

 noxious to the greater cattle. It is not of 



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