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19. Though shrubs are commonly planted for ornament, and 

 trees to produce timber .; jet there are other products by which 

 they are occasionally rendered valuable. The leaves of some 

 kinds are used, as those of the mulberry ; the bark of others, as 

 that of the oak and the holly ; the flowers of others, as those of 

 the rose and the syringo ; the seeds or fruits of others, as those 

 •-of the beech and the apple, &c. 



20. The different products of trees are used by various artists 

 and professions. The chemist uses the bark of some for bird- 

 lime, as that of the holly; the bark of others is used by the ma- 

 nufacturer of mats, as that of the lime and the elm. The silk 

 growers use the leaves of some, as those of the mulberry. The 

 apothecary uses the blossoms of some, as. those of the rose ; the 

 confectioner the blossoms of others, as those of the syringo. 

 Bread is made of some seeds, as those of the beech. The fruits 

 ©f others, as those of the pear, plum, &c. are in general estima- 

 tion. Shipbuilders use some kinds of wood in particular, as 

 the oak. The larch might also be trained for this purpose, by 

 bending down the stem when twenty feet high, fixing it in that 

 position, and rebending it again some years afterwards, leaving 

 the trunk in a serpentine form, as will be elsewhere explained. 

 House-carpenters use the fir and pine ; millwrights the crab- 

 tree; plough-wrights the ash ; cabinet-makers, the beech, wal- 

 nut/cherry, plum, box, holly, yew. The carver uses the lime ; 

 the turner the sycamore; the mathematical instrument-maker 



