xd esie I É ov botanicallparrangedes 5) o3 TARY 
- dried, into a ftrong lye of athes, but neither of them: made the 
. dendron,. with. the juice of which the Abbé Sauvages. ftained 
“his linen, is the fame fpecies of plant from which the inhabi- 
tants of Yapan procure the varnith with which they fain all 
their uteniils,;..and. recommends t to the. inhabitants of che 
(then) American, colonies to colle& this. varnifh, which, hc 
faysy. may not only produce much profit to themflves, but alío 
become a national advantage. But Mr, John Ellis inGitts upon 
. there being: a difference in their {pecific -charatters.....[ Pilaf: 
Franf: Royal Society, Vol. xlix. p: 157, 161, 866.) 
. The leaves of fome of our Poifon Wood trees are-entirely fimi- 
Jar to Dr: Kempfer s figure of the Sitz, vel Sig dju, pulgo urus 
auras noki, Arbor verpicifera legitima folio pinnate, Juglandis 
fruétu, recemofo Ciceris facte : and the only difference between 
the leaf of one fpecies of our Sumach and the leaf of the varnith. 
tree, raifed from feeds fent to the Royal Society, is, that the 
middle part, and not the bafe of the leaf of Sumach, is ferráted. 
- Confidering, the great profits that have accrued from the varnifh 
tree, to the two large empires, of China and Japan, and the 
advantages of a deep, permanent and incorrofive black dye, it 
uf be thought. worth while to make experiment ‘on all our 
fpecies of the Hedera and Rhus. If we fhould fail of fuccefs 
Pes sconto the native plants, there can be no doubt but 
«that the varnifh tree of Japan, could the idis PAPEN in 
Gai 
-a vegetitive ftate, would flourifh. in America... 
»aiui ada èo CUpBORNUM. Linn. Gen, Plant. 552. 
OVRE SE grail Sint 95 T yr " oe. E yn F Mn 
Y Viburnum folis. cordatis ferratis venfis fübtus tomentofis. 
S. Syft. Nat. $ t 
E MEALTREE, 
