fiayia 2. 



ivrONOECIA TRIANDRIA. sy^ 



*' the pith taken out, and then put any vefiels 

 *' under to receive the liquor. If the tree be 

 " large, you may tap it in four or five places 

 " at a time without hurting it ; and thus from 

 *' feveral trees you may gain feveral gallons of 

 *' juice in a day. If you have hot enough in 

 *' one day, bottle up clofe what you have, till 

 ** yo"-^ gs^ ^ fufficient for your purpofe, but the 

 " fooner it is ufed the better. 



" Boil the fap as long as any fcum rifes, fkimming 

 " it all the time. To every gallon of liquor 

 " put four pounds of fugar, and boil it after- 

 " wards half an hour, /kimming it well ; then 

 " put it into an open tub to cool, and when 

 " cold, tun it into your cails: ; whefi it has done 

 " working, bung it up clofe, and keep it three 

 *' months. Then either bottle it off, or draw ic 

 *' out of the cafk after it is a year old." ^ 



This is a generous and agreeable liquor, and would 

 be a happy fubftitute in the room of the poifonous 

 whifkey. 



BETULA foliis orbiculatis crenatis. Sp-pl. 1394. 



(Fl. lappon- p. 266. /. 6./ 4. Oed. Van. /. 91. <y 



fig. nojl.) 

 Dwarf Birch. Anglis. 

 This grows in great abundance in Corry-yeallin, on 



the weft fide of the hill, diredly north from 



Miggerny., in Gknlyon^ in Breaaaibancy as alfo in 



fome 



