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Vegetable Staticks. yp 



and perifhed; and the Fig-trees which 

 1 were expofed to the open air, were alfo 



deftroyed. 



"In Holland the Pines, Firs, and other 



hardy refinous trees, were moft of them 

 < c killed, altho' many of them are natives 

 <c of the Alps, and other mountainous cold 

 <c countries ; but this I apprehend to be ow- 

 <c ing to the lownefs of their fituation and 

 " foil, whereby their roots eafily ran down 

 " into the water, which is more injurious to 

 " thefe trees than froft. 



<c But it was obferved, that the trees and 

 €C fhrubs which are natives of Virginia and 

 cc Carolina, efcaped well in Holland; when 

 <c almoft all thofe which were brought from 

 " Italy, Spain, or the South parts of France, 

 li were intirely deftroyed. Which will greatly 

 <c inhance the value of the former trees, ef- 

 " pecially fuch of them as are either proper 

 w for ufe or beautv. 



<£ In Germany the winter was fo fevere as 

 " to deftroy almoft all their plants and flowers, 

 <l which were not either removed into the 

 <c green - houfes, or protected by coverings 

 Xi from the froft, as I was informed by letters 

 ct from thence. 



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