combination, crown this tree the king of 

 the foreft — the moft exalted of the vegetable 

 world. 



When planted In avenues, it forms a 

 grand and impofing approach to a dwelling, 

 conveying an air of greatnefs to the manfion 

 it adorns. It grows, free from decay, to a very 

 old age, but cannot be converted to the ufe- 

 ful purpofes of timber. It is a tree of ftatCj 

 calculated to enrich, and augment the magni- 

 ficence of a palace : nor let it detrad from its 

 majeftic qualities to know that, after all, it is 



but a cMage tree ! Its lofiieft Turn- 



mit is a fpiral fucculent fhoot, the fides of 

 which, by gradually aad fucceffively ufifold- 

 Ing, form the fine wide-fpreading foliage. 

 Before this opens, to expand itfelf around, it 

 is a congeries of young and tender leaves, and 

 is often boiled and brought to table as a cab- 

 bage, of which it is the very befi; kind I ever 

 remember to have tailed. It is alfo ufed, 

 wnthout boiling, by way of fallad, and is then 

 eaten with oil and vinegar ; and fo highly 

 is it efteemed for thefe culinary purpofes, 

 that, too often, a very fine ti'ee has been de- 



