?6 Vegetable Stathks* 



" Chelfea, which are near forty feet high, 

 £t and a fathom in circumference, were dif- 

 f* barked almoft from the bottom to the 

 5f top, on the weft fide of the trees. And 

 " in a nurfery belonging to Mr. Francis 

 tl Hurjl, great numbers of large Pear-trees 

 tl were all of them disbarked on the Weft or 

 €C South- Weft fides of 'em. And in feveral 

 & other places I obferved the like accident, 

 <c and foun^ it was conftantly on the fame 

 £ fide of the trees. 



" About the middle of December the 

 " froft abated of its intenfenefs, and feemed 

 € < to be at aftand, till the 23d of the month, 

 < c when the wind blew extreme fharp and 

 11 cold from the Eaft, and the froft continued 

 " very hard to the 28 th day, at which time 

 << it began to abate again, and feemed to be 

 il going off, the wind changing to the Scuth ; 

 <c but it did not continue long in this point, 

 " before it changed to the Eaft again, and 

 " the froft returned, tho' not fo violent as 

 y before. 



<c Thus the weather continued for the 

 <c moft part frofty, till the middle of March, 

 <c with a few intervals of mild weather, 

 cC which brought forv/ard fome of the early 

 u flowers j but the cold returning, loon de~ 



< c ftroved 



