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ked y and I was forry to find that this tree 

 is one of the lateft in getting leaves, and 

 one of the firft which gets fruit. 



April the a6th. THIS morning I tra- 

 velled to Penns Neck. The Tulip-trees, 

 efpecially the tall ones, looked quite green, 

 being covered with their leaves ; this tree 

 is therefore one of the earlieft which get 

 leaves. 



TO-DAY I faw the flowers of the Saffa- 

 fr as -tree, (Laurus Saffafras). The leaves 

 were not yet come out. The flowers have 

 a fine fmell, 



THE Lupi?2us perenms is abundant in the 

 woods, and grows equally in good foil and 

 in poor. I often found it thriving on very 

 poor fandy fields, and on heaths, where no 

 other plants will grow. Its flowers, which 

 commonly appear in the middle of May, 

 make a fine mew by their purple hue. I 

 tvas told, that the cattle eat thefe flowers 

 very greedily ; but I was forry to find very 

 often that they were not fo fond of it, as 

 it is reprefented, efpecially when they had 

 any thing elfe to eat ; and they feldom 

 touched it not withftan ding its fine green 

 colour, and its foftnefs : The horfes eat 

 the flowers, but leave the ftalks and leaves. 

 If the cattle eat this plant in fpring, 

 neceflity and hunger give it a relifh. This 

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