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they are naturally dvfpofed, planting 

 them cnly amongft other ever green 

 Trees, where, Dy the ±>arknefs of 

 their green Leaves, together with 

 their waving Heads, they will greatly 

 add to the Variety. 



The iecond Sort is by far the 

 la' eft-growing Tree, and is the moft 

 com. on Timber in the Levant : 

 tfii Wanted upon a warm fandy 

 or gt. Soil, will profper won- 

 derfully : ai,t J though it is not quite 

 fo tonfile a Plan! as the firft Sort, yet 

 greatly recompenies for that De- 

 fed., by its vigorous Growth, and 

 Suength in refilling all Weathers. 

 This Tree is very proper to intermix 

 with Ever greens of a fecond Size 

 next to Pines and Firs, to form 

 Clumps ; in which Clafs it will keep 

 Pace w th the Trees of the fame 

 Line, and be very handfome. Be- 

 fides, the Wood of this Tree is very 

 valuable, when grown to a Size fit 

 for Planks ; which I am convinced 

 it will do, in as Ihort a Space as 

 Oaks ; therefore, why mould not 

 this be cultivated for that Purpofe, 

 fince there are many Places in Eng- 

 land where the Soil is of a fandy or 

 gravelly Nature, and feldom pro- 

 duces any thing worth cultivating ? 

 Now in fuch Places thefe Trees 

 would thrive wonderfully, and great- 

 ly add to the Pleafure of the Owner, 

 while growing, and afterwards ren- 

 der as much Profit to his Succeflbrs, 

 as perhaps the beft Plantation of 

 Oaks ; efpecially mould the Timber 

 prove as good here, as in the Iflands 

 of the Archipelago, which I fee no 

 Reafon to doubt of : for we find it 

 was fo gainful a Commodity to the 

 Iiland of Caridia, that the Plantations 

 were called Dos Filite ; the Felling 

 of one of them being reckoned a 

 Daughter's Portion. 



The Timber of this Tree is faid 

 to refill the Worm, Moth, and all 



Putrefaction ; and is faid to laft many 

 hundred Years. The Doors of St. 

 Peter 's Church at Rome were framed 

 of this Material, which lafted from 

 the Great Conjlantine to Pope Euge- 

 nius IVth/b Time, which was eleven 

 hundred Years, and were then found 

 and intire, when the Pope would 

 needs change them for Gates of 

 Brafs. The Coffins were made of 

 this Material, in which Tkucydides 

 tells us the Athenians ufed to bury 

 their Heroes ; and the Mummy- 

 chefts, brought with thofe condited 

 Eouies out of Egypt, are many of 

 them of this Material. 



This Tree is by many learned Au- 

 thors recommended for the Improve- 

 ment of the Air, and a Specific for 

 the Lungs, as fending forth great 

 Quantities of aromatic and ballamic 

 Scents ; wherefore many of the an- 

 tient Phyficians of the Eaftern Coun- 

 tries ufed to fend their Patients, who 

 were troubled with weak Lungs, to 

 the iflancTof Candia, which at that 

 time abounded with thefe Trees, 

 where, from the Effects of the Air 

 alone, very few failed of a perfect 

 Cure. 



The third Sort is a Native of Ame- 

 rica, where it grows in watry Places, 

 and arifes to a prodigious Height, 

 and is of a wonderful Bulk : I have 

 been informed, that there are Trees 

 of this Kind in America which are 

 upwards of feventy Feet high, and 

 feveral Fathoms in Circumference : 

 which Trees grow constantly in the 

 Water ; therefore they may proba- 

 bly be of fingular Advantage to 

 plant in fuch fwampy or wet Soils, 

 where few other Trees v/ill grow, 

 efpecially of the refmous Kind. That 

 they are very hardy, in refpe^ to 

 Cold, is evident, from fome few 

 Trees of this Kind which were for- 

 merly planted in England ; particu- 

 larly one in the Gardens of John 

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