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l.ieve, will anfwer the lame Pur- 

 pofes, for ftieltering Plantations near 

 the Sea, and is by far the handfomer 

 Tree near an Habitation i for the 

 greater Maple is very fubjedl to ex- 

 ude a fweet clammy Juice from the 

 Pores of the Leaves, which lodges 

 upon the Surfaces thereof, and 

 thereby intices vail Quantities of 

 Infefts, which eat the Leaves full 

 of Boles, and render them very 

 unfightly. 



The Norway Mafle has a milky, 

 Iharp Juice, fo that few Infers 

 tare to prey thereon j by which 

 Means the Leaves are feldom eat 

 or defaced : This Tree is alfo raifed 

 by Seeds, of which it affords 

 great Quantities, which wlil rife 

 and grow equally as well as the 

 common Sort. 



The variegated Kind is propa- 

 gated by inoculating a Bud of the 

 ftriped KLind into one of the plain 

 Sort, thd' I am not at prefent lure, 

 whether it will take upon any other 

 Sort of Maple, not having made the 

 Experiment j but I believe it can 

 fcarcefail; Mod, ifnot all the other 

 Sorts of Maples, take very v.'-cil upon 

 each other. 



There is another Sort of Maple, 

 which is very common in Virginiay 

 and is known by the Name of the 

 Sugar Ma fie i from which Tree the 

 Inhabitants of that Country make a 

 very good Sort of Sugar, and in 

 large Quantities : But this Tree is 

 at prefent very rare in Europe ; tho' 

 I am ot Opinion, that the People 

 make Sugar from more than one 

 Sort of Maple j Mr. Bjty and Dr. 

 Lijier prepared a tolerable good Sort 

 of Sugar from our greater Maple, 

 by tapping fome df the Trees in 

 their bleeding Seafon ; and I have 

 obferved, upon cutting off a Branch 



(cf the Affi- leaved Maple in Fehmry, 

 ft great Qtiantity of a very iweet 



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Juice hath flowed out for feveral 

 Days together. 



The Timber of the common 

 Maple is for fuperior to the Beech 

 for all Ufes of the Turner, particu- 

 larly, Difhes, Cups, Trenchers, and 

 Bowls ; and when it abounds with 

 Knots, ( as it very often doth ) it is 

 highly efteemed by the Joiners for 

 Inlayings, ©^c. and alio, for the 

 Lightnefs of the Wood, is ofteii 

 employed by thofc that make 

 Mujical Inftruments j and for the 

 Whitenefs of its Wood, is in great 

 Requeft for Tables, ^Cy 



ACETOSAj Sorrel. 

 The Characters are ; 



This Plant agrees with the Dock 

 in all its Characters, and only differs 

 in having an acid Tajle. 



There are leveral V^arieties of this 

 Plant, which are cultivated by the 

 Curious in Botany j but there are 

 not above two or three Sorts, 

 which are worthy propagating for 

 Ufe, which I fhall mention, paffmg 

 over the reft as Varieties fit only for 

 the Curious to amule with. 



1. AcETOSA i pratenfs. C. B* 

 The Common or Meadow Sorrel. 



2. AcETOSAj Mtifcovitica, Jierilisi 

 M. H. The NorLhern barren 

 Sorrel. 



3 . AcEtosA } ntundifolia, hor- 

 t'cnjls. C. B. The PLound-leaved 

 or French Sorrel. 



The firft of thefe Sorts, tho' but 

 fmall in the Fields, yet when fown 

 in Gardens, will produce large fair 

 Leaves, and is the lame Sort, which 

 is commonly cultivated in Gaidcnr,- 

 It mull be ibwn early in the Spring, 

 in a fhadymoift Border; and if the 

 Plants are afterward planted out in 

 another (hady Border, four or fix 

 Inches fquare, it wil produce larger 

 Leaves, and continue longer. This 

 is the common Sorrel ufed in Medi- 

 cine } but the Northern barren Sor- 



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