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appeared to, be as. little impaired as if they had been recently 

 planted, and it is faid they will.laft in a found and good condi- 

 tion fifty or fixty years, and even longer: and forthefe feveral 

 purpofes they equal or ejicel- mulberry. If ufed for fuel, it 

 makes afire as hot, briflc and comfortable as hickory. The 

 locuft is ornamental as a flowering tree, as well as ufeful for 

 timber. The bloflbms which are of the papalionaceous kind, 

 upfold in the end of May or the beginning of June, and hang 

 down in beautiful white clufters to the number of twenty or 

 thirty fingle ones upon a foot ilalk, perfuming the air to a con- 

 fiderable diftance with their fweet and fragrant odour. It is 

 fo eafily cultivated, that on Long-Ifland one often fees large 

 pieces of land entirely overgrown with artificial woods of 

 thefe trees. As our commerce and manufactures improve, the 

 demand for this valuable timber will encreafe, and more efpe- 

 cially on account of the approaching fcarcity of wood in the 

 neighbourhood of the capital of the State. Therefore it fliould 

 be recommended to all farmers on whofe lands locuft-trees 

 will grow, to begin immediately the cultivation of them, as 

 well for the profit as the ornament to be thence derived ; and 

 they may be affured that in a fuitable foil and climate, fuccefs 

 will attend their endeavours, fince no extraordinary fldll nor 

 expence is required in the management of them. 



Some attempts have been made to propagate the vine among 

 us, by gendemen who feemed anxious for its general introduc- 

 tion and culture. They have procured from fome of the 

 fouthern countries of Europe cuttings of the mod choice vines. 



