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a delightful verdure. Its flowers, likewife 

 by the name of May, decorate that month 

 particularly w th a profufion of beauty 

 united with fragrance. Its fcarlet' berries 

 greatly contribute to enliven the winter. 

 The 'hawthorn, planted fingly, acquires a 

 refpeclable fize, and is a fine object in the 

 flowering feafon. Its wood is tough and 

 ftrong, and is fit for axle-trees and tool- 

 handles. '-.,'?' 



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