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progrefs ; and though in winter their leaves are of a dull tan- 

 ny colom*, yet, in the fpring and fummer months, they arc a very 

 chearfnl green, and the plants have a moil agreeable negligent 

 appearance. 



Th e great value of the wood for bowls, boxes, cups, mortars, 

 peftles, and various works of the turner and cabinet-maker, are 

 generally known, and being a tree that bears our fevereft win- 

 ters, and foon arrives to a middling ftature, it juftly claims a 

 place, and the more frequent ufe of it would become an improve- 

 ment in our extenfive plantations. 



The Chinefe fort, from the obfervations I have made, will 

 not, I believe, grow to fo great a magnitude in this climate as the 

 former ; but being amongfl the moft beautiful of all the Ever- 

 greens, it well deferves encouragement in the garden and wil- 

 dernefs. 



