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the Inhabitants wound the Bodies of 

 the Trees in the Spring, from whence 

 there flows a Balfam, which is great- 

 ly efteemed by thePhyficians of thofe 

 Countries, and is placed amongft the 

 Lift of Simples in the College Dif- 

 penfary, though at prefent it is not 

 much ufed in England. 



Some of the Plants of this Sort 

 were brought from Canada mtoFrance 

 a few Years fince, from whence they 

 were procured by fome curious Per- 

 fons in the Ifiand of Jerfey,vshere it is 

 propagated in the Gardens ; and was 

 fent to England by the Name of Ar- 

 bre de la Reine, as a Prefent to the 

 late Queen. 



This Tree is hardy enough to re- 

 fill the Cold of our Winters in the 

 open Air ; and if it is planted in a 

 melter'd Situation, will not be in 

 any Danger of fufFering from the 

 fevereft Cold of this Country, efpe- 

 cially when the Plants have obtained 

 Strength ; fo it is very proper to 

 plant amongft hardy Exotic Trees 

 and Shrubs in Wildernefs-quarters, 

 where they will add to the Variety. 

 The Shoots of this Tree are very 

 like thofe of the black Poplar, as 

 are alfo the Leaves ; and the Buds, 

 in the Spring, before the Leaves 

 come out, are cover'd with a dark 

 glutinous Balfam, which fmells very 

 itrong when touched, and adheres 

 to the Fingers. The Leaves of this 

 Tree fall off at Michaelmas, and new 

 Leaves come out the Latter-end of 

 February, or the Beginning of March; 

 for it is one of the earlieft Trees in 

 coining out in the Spring. 



There are fome of the Plants now 

 in the Phyfic -garden at Cbelfea y 

 which have produced their Male 

 Flowers (or Katkins), which are 

 very like thofe of the Walnut-tree, 

 or of fome of the Poplars; fo that, it 

 is probable, this may be of the lat- 

 ter Genus: but as we have no Ac- 



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count of the Fruit, nor hath any of 

 the Trees in the Englijh Gardens, as 

 yet, attempted to produce any, we 

 cannot determine its true Genus. 



It may be very eafily propagated 

 by Cuttings, which mould be plant- 

 ed in OSlober, foon after the Leaves 

 drop, in a Bed of frefli Earth, in any 

 Expofure, where almoft every Cut- 

 ting will fucceed. They may alfo 

 be planted in the Spring ; but at this 

 Seafon they are not fo fure to take 

 Root, as in the Autumn ; for as the 

 Plant is very early in coming out, fo, 

 unlefs the Cuttings are taken off 

 fome time before, they either will 

 not grow, or, if they mould rake 

 Root, they would not make much 

 Progrefs the firft Year. The Plants 

 are alfo very apt to put out Suckers 

 from their Roots, fo that they may 

 be increafed in Plenty ; for the 

 Shoots which have been accidentally 

 buried in the Ground, have (hotten 

 up the following Spring, and made 

 good Plants. 



This feems not to be a Tree of 

 great Size, if we may judge by thofe 

 in the Englijh Gardens, which do not 

 grow more than fourteen or fixtcen 

 Feet high ; but they put out lateral 

 Branches from the Ground upward, 

 and do not make large Stems. 



TAGETES, African or French 

 Marigold. 



The Characlers are ; 



The Flower is radiated, confljling 

 of divers Florets, nvhich are plain, 

 and cut into fe veral Segments ; but the 

 Dijk of^the Flower conftfts of Half- 

 floret s, which /land upon the Embryoes: 

 the Flower-cup conjtjis of one Leaf, is 

 tubulous, and inclofes the Embryoes ; 

 which afterward become angular 

 Seeds, with a Leaf upon the Head of 

 each. 



The Species are ; 

 I. Tagetes maximus reel us, flare 

 fmplici, ex tuteo pallida % J, B. Great- 

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