I 



• ^Vii, 



root 



y 



r 



ei 





thev 



3 of j| 



yoiiii 



b 



er 



'e fame bitt 



■'^vhichk 



p-^voodtotlie 



off during tk 

 " in the V 



'hofthefpriiig, 

 "eat force by 

 bme decree be- 

 ^comesfoDQudi 



o 



r 



this bufinefi is 



formed as foon 



tioned in Seel 



buds continues 



. 25 the bu^s 



the gro 



ii 



e 



lOt 



on 



^urnuni 



or 



roots 



:tious 



bably 



c matted' 





the !)"• 



rvA^- 9 



hem> 



as 





to 



be 



their 



alb"'' 



. fooa f»' ' 



jr 



the P'"^ .r 







f ^ 



,tree" 



Sect. XV n 



'^ 2. 



ROOTS AND BARKS 



49 



mus 



.. detraaed in the fpring by being boiled la water -jht be 

 ted by the addition of yeft into faall beer, as 



n'um of the maple and birch, acer ct betula , all ,. 



fared to be eaten by infeds when thofe trees are felled. 



' t; the Lar. which is extraflcd fron. the vernal ap-p.ce of 



11 as the albur- 

 hich are now fuf 



maple and birch 



that found in 



manna- afh, fi 



and to become li 



...... fee,.s to ;efide during the winter months in the root- db 



nnm rather than in the bark properly lo called ; 



oe";rs above mentioned, by the warmth of the fpring, or d.ffolved 



riem iflure abforbed from the earth, and conveyed to the open- 



by tne moiiiui ^ , , .„ ,, ^ _^., ^c nprennial herbaceous 



ing 



bud 



but refides folely in 



roots of per 



d in the econonfiy of graiTes 



cane, 



dcpofited at th 



bottom of 



d I fuppofe of the fugar- 

 h joint, which is properly 



the root of the ftem above 'it. 



(hewn in Se<^. IX 



3. I. 



Of thefe the bark of the hdlly not only yields a nutritious rnuci 



1 



D 



d thus fuppUes much provend 



th 



d 



M^eedwood-forcft by the branches being cut 



off, 



nd cattle in 

 d ftrewed upon 



the -round, in fevere feafons of froft and fnow 



but 



fi^ou^s material, which is obtained by boiling the bark and walhing 



This refmous material poiTefTes a great 



and has h 



away the other'parts of 



adhefivenefs to feathers and other dry porous bod 



obtained the name of bird-lime, and much refembles the caoutchoi 



or elaflic refin brought from South America, and alfo refembles 



fofTil 



a 



bitumen found near Matlock in Derbylh 



both 



Hollies may be worth cultivating for 



I was informed, that 



elafticity and inflammability. 



this material befides the ufes of their wood 



thirty years ago a perfon, who purchafed a wood in Yorkfhire, fold t. 



a Dutch merchant the bird-lime prepared from the bark of the numer 



ous hollies for nearly the whole fum given for the wood ; which if 1 



could be hardened might probably be fold for the elaflic refin above 



ed. Wheth 



this refembles the nutritive refi 



material 

 found 



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