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ftitious or whimfical fancy, but that k materially af- 

 fects timber is a faft well known to thofe who ftrip, 

 or peel bark for the ufe of tanners; and when ac- 

 counted for in one cafe, may probably throw lome 

 light upon the other. But further, it is alfo a fad 

 well known, that timber, whofe bark has been fuffi- 

 ciently feparated and peeled round at the but, in or- 

 der for deading, as it is termed; if done in the de- 

 creafe of the moon, retains its greennefs often a con- 

 fiderable time ; but if in the increafe, withers in a 

 much (horter time. From hence, I think, we may 

 conclude, that the fap or juice of trees, has a kind 

 of monthly circulation, or revolution; afcending in 

 the moon's decreafe, but defcending in the increafe. 

 However, be this as it may, the falling of timber in 

 the diiferent phafis of the moon, is confidently af- 

 ferted, from experience, to materially affeft its du- 

 rability. 



RHODODENDRUM. 



DWARF ROSE-BAY. 

 Clafs 10. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 



nPHE Empalement is of one leaf, five parted and permanent, 

 ^ TheCorolla of one leaf, wheel-funnelled : the border fpread- 



ing: the divifions rounded. 

 The Filaments ten, thread-form, almoft the length of the co- 

 rolla, and declined. The Mherce oval. 

 The Germen five cornered, retufe. The Style thread-form, the 



length of the corolla. The Stigma obtufe. 

 The Seed'VeJJel ovate, angled, five cell'd. 

 The Seeds numerous and fmail. 



We have^ with us^ but one Species, viz. 



Rhopo^ 



