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leaves are long, thick, of a bright fhining green, with their un- 

 der fides of a lively filver hue, which, when waving with the 

 wind, makes an agreeable diverfity. The buds are covered with 

 a dark glutinous balfam, which fmells very ftrong, and adheres 

 to the fingers on touching them ; and they warn us, with the 

 earlieft plants, of the approach of fpring. They will grow in 

 any ordinary foil, but moft affedl that which is mellow and 

 ' deep. Where there are void fpaces in the wildernefs, occafloned 

 by the death of other trees, this planted, and let grow in its 

 natural manner, which is thick and bulhy, will fooner fupply 

 thefe defeds hauvlfomely than moft other plants. 



