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A DISCOURSE 



HOOK II. In short, upon reflection of what we have hitherto said concerning the 

 "^^'^^''^'^ universal waste and destruction of timber-trees, where due regard is not 

 taken to propagate and supply them, whole countries have suffered as 

 well as particular provinces. Thus the Apennines are stripped of their 

 goodly Pine andFir-trees, (which formerly the naturalist commends those 

 mountains for,) to that degree, as to render not only the city of Florence, 

 but Home herself, so exposed to the nipping Tramontans, (for so they 

 call the northern winds,) that almost nothing which is rare and curious 

 will thrive without hyemation and art ; so as, even through the most 

 of those parts of Italy, on this side the kingdom of Naples, flankered by 

 the Alpestral hills, (clad, as they perpetually are, with snow,) they are 

 fain to house and retire their Orange, Citron, and other delicate and 

 tender plants as we do in England. There remains yet one mountain 

 among the Apennines, covered and crowned with Cypress, whereof 

 some are of a considerable stature. Nor is all this indeed so great 

 a wonder, if we find the entire species of some trees totally lost in 

 countries, as if there never had been any such planted or growing in 

 them. Be this applied to Fir and Pine, and several other trees, for want 

 of culture, several accidents in the soil, air, &c. which we daily find 

 produces strange alterations in our woods, the Beech almost constantly 

 succeeding the Oak, to our great disadvantage, whilst we neglect new 

 seminations. Herodotus, speaking of the Palms plentifully growing 

 abovit Delos, says the whole species was utterly lost. INIore I might add 

 on this subject ; but perhaps I have been too long on these remarks — 

 and long enough on cold IMount Tibanus. 



JUNIPER\ 



1. Let it not seem unduly placed, if, after such giants, we bring this 

 humble shrub (such as abound with us being so reckoned) to claim 



The real and distinct species of the Juniper are : 



1. JUNIPERUS (coMMums) foliis ternis patentibus mucronatis bacca longioribus; — ^ 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 1 4-70. Juniper with spreading, sharp-pointed leaves placed by threes. Juniperiis 

 vulgaris fruticosa. C. B. P. 4.88. The common juniper. 



Of the common Juniper there are two sorts: 1. The English Juniper. 2. The Swedish 

 Juniper. 



1. The English Juniper, though naturally of our own growth, is very little known in riiany 



