TREES, SHRUBS, and PLANTS, 
OF THE 
ANOMALOUS KIND. 
BOOK VII. 
GrappLe-Woop. 
To fhrubby Tree hath a reddifh-grey Back. Its numerous 
Branches are fpindling and weak. Its Leaves are {mooth and 
green, fomewhat above an Inch long, and three-quarters of an 
Inch broad, fmooth-edg’d and blunt-pointed. I have never known this 
Tree to bear either Flowers or Fruit. 
The FivE-SPRIG-TREE. — 
4b HIS Tree derives its Name from the general Number of Branches, 
which horizontally furround the Stalk at feeming Joints, from one to 
three Inches afunder; the main Stem ftill growing ftrait upwards, 
furrounded at fuch Diftances with the above-defcrib’d circular Branches, 
The Wood, as well as the Leaves, have an agreeable Smell : The latter are 
tound-pointed ; and what is moft remarkable in thefe Leaves, is, that when 
upon the Tree, they are very green ; but when dry, inftead of turning 
to a ruffet Colour, they bleach into an almoft perfect White. is 
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