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OF THE VEGETABLES 



OF 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



THE Spontaneous Shrubs of this Country are the 

 Larli's-lieel Tree; four sorts of Honey-suckle Tree, or 

 Woodbind, the first always grows in low moist 

 Grounds, the other in clear dry Lands, the Flowers of which 

 are more cut and lacerated; these grow about two or three 

 Feet high; the third, which is of the same height, is one of 

 the most beautiful Flowers of its Colour that is to be met 

 with, and is found growing for the most part by the sides 

 of Swamps, or on the Banks of the Kivers, but never near 

 the Salt Water. The Flowers of these are of a whitish 

 colour, but the last is the most beautiful, growing in 

 great bunches out of one Stem, and is commonly the 

 bigness of a large Turnip. In April and May, nothing 

 can be more beautiful, being at that time in their gi-eatest 

 splendor, which affords not only a pleassant sight, but a most 

 grateful and fragrant Smell to those that pass through the 

 Woods. There is another Honeysuckle that grows in the 

 Forrest, and is about a Foot high, bearing it's Flowers 

 on small Stems, the main Stock being no thicker than a 

 Wheat Straw; all these sorts differ very little from ours, 

 only with this variation, that those here are larger. 



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