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DOGWOOD. 



Here might come in, or be named, at least, 

 wild cornel, or dogwood, good to make mill- 

 cogs, pestles, bobbins for bone-lace, spokes for 

 wheels, etc. ; also the best skewers for butchers, 

 because it does not taint the flesh, and is of so 

 very hard a substance as to make wedges to 

 cleave and rive other wood instead of iron. 



VIBURNUM. 



The viburnum, or wayfaring tree, growing 

 plentifully in every corner, makes pins for the 

 yokes of oxen ; and superstitious people think 

 that it protects their cattle from being be- 

 witched, and place the shrub about their stalls ; 

 it certainly makes the most pliant and best 

 bands to fagot with. The leaves and berries are 

 astringent, and make an excellent gargle for 

 loose teeth, sore-throat, and stop fluxes. The 

 leaves decocted to a lye not only color the hair 

 black, but fasten the roots ; and the bark of the 

 root, macerated under ground, well beaten, and 

 often boiled, serves for bird-lime. 



YUCCA. 



The American yucca is a hardier plant than 

 we take it to be, for it will suffer our sharpest 



