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"hive been fome Perfons who hive 

 gathered the Leaves of thefe Shrubs, 

 snd uitd them as Tea ; which per- 

 haps may have occafioned a late An- 

 thoi to fuppofe it was the true China 

 Tea, tho 1 that is a Plant very dif- 

 fered in all its Characters from this. 

 Trre you; g Branches of this Shrub, 

 being cut off with iheir Leaves, were 

 formerly ufed to be put into Ward- 

 robes to keep away IVloths from 

 woolen Cloaths ; as alfo to give the 

 Cloaths an agreeable Scent I n fome 

 Countries this is called Gole, in 

 others Gaule, or Gale. 



Where this Shrub is defigned to 

 be remov'd into a Garden, the Plants 

 mould be carefully taken up in the 

 Autumn, preferving the Roots as 

 intire as pomble ; and if they can 

 be taken up with a Ball of Earth to 

 them, there will be a greater Cer- 

 tainty of their growing. Thefe 

 mould be planted in a low fwampy 

 Ground, where, if trey are once 

 eilabhhYd, they will fpread and 

 multiply greatly, by their fpread- 

 ing Roots ; but efpecially where the 

 Soil is foft and moory. In the Bogs 

 where thefe Shrubs naturally grow, 

 and form Thickets, there are com- 

 monly plenty of Woodcocks in their 

 Seafon. 



The fecond, third, and fourth 

 Sorts are Natives of the Northern 

 Parts of dm nca j growing plenti- 

 fully in moiit Ground, and by the 

 Sides of B' ooks a.:d Rivulets. The 

 fecondSortwas brought fcomVirginia 

 to 'England, and hath been long an 

 inhabitant of fome curious Gar- 

 dens ; where thefe Plants have fome- 

 times grown to the Height of five or 

 fix Feet. This produces its Branches 

 very irregular, and without any Or- 

 der ; the Leaves are oblong, and for 

 the mofl: part intire, having few or 

 no Notches on their Edges. Thefe 

 are produced alternately on the 



Branches. This Sort will grow to 

 the Height of feven Feet in England-* 

 but in America it often grows twelve 

 Feet high. The Flowers or Katkins 

 are produced in Gutters, clofe to 

 the Branches, at the Setting on of the 

 Leaves, like fmall Bunches of Cur- 

 rans. Thefe Berries have an unclu- 

 ous Subftancefurroundir.g the Seeds, 

 which is collecled for the making of 

 Candles in the following manner: 



In the Winter-feafons, when the 

 Berries are ripe, a Man with his Fa- 

 mily will remove from his Habita- 

 tion to fome little Jfland or Sand- 

 bunk near the Sea, where thefe Trees 

 chiefly abound, taking with him Ket- 

 tles to boil the Berries in. He builds 

 an Hut with Palmetto - leaves, for 

 ■the Shelter of himfelf and Family 

 while they flay, which is generally 

 about a Month. The Man cuts 

 down the Trees, while the Children 

 flrip off* the Berries into a Pottage- 

 pot ; and having put Water to them, 

 they boil them till the Oil floats ; 

 which is ffeimm'd off into another 

 Veilel : this is repeated til! there re- 

 mains no more Oil. This, when 

 cold, hardens to the Confidence of 

 Wax, and is of a dirty-green Co- 

 lour. They afterwards boil it again, 

 and clarify it in brafs Kettles ; which 

 gives it a tranfparent Greennefs ; 

 then they make this into Candles, 

 which burn a long time, tho' they 

 do not give a clear Light; but are 

 efteem'd for the grateful Scent they 

 emit : and in order to have a clearer 

 Light, the Inhabitants add a Fourth- 

 part of Tallow to this Wax. 



The third Sort was difcover'd by 

 Mr. Catcjlfui Carolina, from whence 

 he fent the Seeds to England. Of 

 this there hath been fmce a great 

 Number of Seeds fent from feveral 

 Parts of America, where it alfo 

 grows ; fo that there are more Plants 

 of this Sort in the Gardens, than of 



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