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not answer well when the bark is taken off, 

 because it is then less durable. It is used 

 for bowls. Little of that work is done in 

 the part of America where I was, as those 

 vessels are procured considerably cheaper 

 from England. 



There is a fringe-tree, beautiful beyond 

 description, and resembling the fringe made 

 of cotton. These trees are rare : I never 

 saw more than one. 



Peach-trees grow almost spontaneously : 

 there are various kinds, which I never saw 

 in England ; the fruit of some is yellow, 

 like a lemon ; some white ; others of a 

 dark-red throughout : they bear from the 

 stone in three years, but the fruit is much 

 better when grafted. There is also a beau- 

 tiful tree, like a peach-tree in leaf and colour, 

 but does not bear fruit. 



There is a tree, called dog- wood, which 

 bears a white flower very early in the spring, 

 and looks beautiful in the woods, blossom- 

 ing before there are any leaves on the other 

 trees. 



