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very tough wood ; more so than any other 

 I ever saw ; some of it remarkably good for 

 ax- shafts, &c. 



There is no American wood of which 

 bowls or dishes could be made, equal to 

 many kinds in England; nor any compara- 

 ble, in the construction of pumps, pipes, &c. 

 to the English elm; which is imported to 

 plant, and admired as a beautiful tree. 

 There are no elms growing in America as 

 timber. 



Large quantities of haw-thorn are also 

 imported from Great Britain ; and grow as 

 well as the poor soil will admit, but seldom 

 rise to any perfection, except the land be 

 dunged : they have much longer prickles than 

 trees of the same sort in England. The 

 American haw -thorn is of slow growth, 

 with a prickle upon it three inches long. 



There are but five evergreens : the pine, 

 the cedar, the saffron, the holly, and 

 the ivy, which is not at all like the 

 English ivy. The pine-tree produces good 

 timber; it is used for making the decks of 



