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ked ; 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 26th. This morning I tra- 

 velled to Penn's Neck. The Tulip-trees, 

 efpecially the tall ones, looked quite green, 

 being covered with their leaves - y this tree 

 is therefore one of the earlieft which get 

 leaves. 



To-day I faw the flowers of the Sqfa- 

 fr as -tree, (Laurus SaJfafrasJ. The leaves 

 were not yet come out. The flowers have 

 a fine fmell. 



The Lupinus perennis 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 (hew by their purple hue. I 



was told, that the cattle eat thefe flowers 



very greedily j 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 notwithftanding 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 



5 country 



