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was now in full bloom. Its flowers have 

 a very pleafant fragrancy, which refrefhes 

 the travellers in the woods, efpecialiy to- 

 wards the evening. The flowers of the 

 wild vine afterwards fupplied the place of 

 thofe of the Magnolia. Several other 

 flowers contribute likewife towards per- 

 fuming the ambient air. 



The Kalmia angitjlifoiia was now every 

 where in flower. It grows chiefly on fan- 

 dy heaths, or on dry poor grounds, which 

 few other plants will agree with ; it is 

 common in Pejtfyfoania, but particularly in 

 New Jerfey, and the province of New 

 York, it is fcarce in Canada ; its leaves flay 

 the winter ; the flowers are a real orna- 

 ment to the woods ; they grow in bunches 

 like crowns, and are of a fine lively 

 purple colour ; at the bottom is a circle of 

 deep purple, and within it a greyim or 

 whitiiri colour. The flowers grow as 

 aforefaid, in bunches, round the extremity 

 of the ftalk, and make it look like a deco- 

 rated pyramid. The Englilh at New York 

 call this plant the Dwarf Laurel. Its 

 qualities are the fame with thofe of the 

 Kalmia I at i foli a, viz. that it kills meep and 

 other lefler animals, when they eat plen- 

 tifully of it. I do not know whether it is 

 noxious to the greater cattle. It is not of 

 O 4 any 



