colorea, branchod sim flower^, dotiblo jx>I)pieBy lu- 

 pines of several pi'etty sorta. Spontaneous and 

 the sensible plant is said to be near tlie inountains 

 which I have not yet seen ; salSower, (and I be- 

 lieve the saflron of England would thiive lierc if 

 planted) the yellow jessamin is wild in our woods 

 of a pleasant smell. Evergreens are hero plenti- 

 fully found of a very quick growth and pleasant 

 shade ; cypress or iv^hite cedar, the pitch pine, the 

 yellow pine, the white pine with long leaves, and 

 the smaller almond pine, whi^h last bears kernels 

 in the apple, tasting much like an aim on 1, and in 

 some years there falls such plenty as to make the 

 hogs fat. Horn beam, cedar, two sorts, holly, 

 two sorts, bay tree, two sorts, one the dwarf bay, 

 about twelve feet high, the other the bigness of a 

 middling pine tree, about two feet and lialf diame- 

 ter ; laurel trees, in lieight, equalizing the lofty 

 oaks, the berries and leaves of this tree die.^ a yel- 

 low ; the bay berries yield a wax, vrhicli besides 

 its use in chirurgery, makes candles, that in burn- 

 ing, give a fragrant smell. The cedar berries are 

 infused and made beer of by the Bermudians, they 

 are carminative, and much of the quality of juni- 

 per berries ; yew or box I have never seen or hoard 

 of in this country. There are two sorts of myrtles, 

 >^^^ different in leaf and berry. The berry yields wax 

 ' Ijjthat makes candles, the most lasting and of the 

 * sweetest smell imaginable. Some mix hiijf tallow 

 with this wax, others use it without mixture ; and 

 those are lit fur a lady's chamber, and iiicoi.!i[)ara~ 



