158 October 1748. 



Laurut afti'valist a fpecies of bay. Thus nature 

 prepared to bring forth flowers, with the firft 

 mild weather in the next year. The buds were 

 at prefent quite hard, and all their parts preffed 

 clofe together, that the cold might by all means 

 be excluded. 



THE black Walnut trees had for the greateft 

 part dropt their leaves, and many of them were 

 entirely without them. The walnuts themfelves 

 were already fallen off. The green peel which 

 enclofed them, if frequently handled, would 

 yield a black colour, which could not be got off 

 the fingers in two or three weeks time, though 

 the hands were wafhed ever fo much. 



THE Cornus forida was called Dogwood by the 

 Englifh, and grew abundantly in the woods. It 

 looks beautiful when it is adorned with its nu- 

 merous great white flowers in fpring. The wood 

 is very hard, and is therefore made ufe of for 

 weavers fpools, joiners planes, v^dges, &c. 

 When the cattle fall down in fpring fer want 

 of ftrength, the people tie a branch of this tree 

 on their neck, thinking it will help them. 



051. 1 9th. THE "Tulip tree grows every where 

 in the woods of this country. The botanifts call 

 it Liriodendron tulipifera, becaufe its flowers, both 

 in refpcft to their fize, and in refpeft to their 

 exterior form, and even in fome meafure with 

 regard to their colour, refemble tulips. The 

 Swedes called it Canoe tree, for both the Indians 

 and the Europeans often make their canoes of the 

 ftem of this tree. The Engliftmen in Penfyfoa* 

 nia give it the name of Poplar. It is reckoned a 

 tree which grows to the greateft height and thick- 



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