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Dwarf Cyprefs, bearing a yellow and red Flower, as here 

 -rcprcfented. The other fniall Medicinal Herbs, which we 

 have in France, are alfo very common there, as Maiden- 

 Hair; and efpecially fome like that of Canada ; Mallows 

 Marflimallows, Mercury, Foxglove, Polypody, Mullen 

 Milfoil, Crane's-Bill, both ordinary and fcented, Silver- 

 week, and many more unknown to me, and peculiar to 

 the Country. 



Herbs for Befides the Medicinal Herbs, they have others for Dying, 

 Qf m ir in fuch Manner that the Colour will not come out with 

 often walhingin Soap. Such is the Root of the Reilbon, 

 a Sort of Madder, the Leaf whereof is fmaller than ours ; 

 they, like us, boil the Root in Water to dye Red. The 

 Poquellis a Sort of Gold Button, or Abrotanum jccmjna fo- 

 lio virente vermiculato, Female Southernwood with green 

 checquer'd Leaves, which dyes Yellow, and holds as well 

 the Stem of it dyes Green. The Annil is a Sort of Indigo, 

 which dyes blue : Black is dy'd with the Stem and the 

 Root of the Panque, the Leaf whereof is round and plaited, 

 like that of the Thorn-tree ; it is two or three Foot Dia- 

 meter, tho' Father Feuillee, who calls it Panke Anapodophili 

 folio, confines it to ten Inches. When the Stem is Reddifh, 

 it- is eaten raw, to cool the Body, and it is very aftringent ; 

 they boil it with the Mali and the Gouthiou, Shrubs of that 

 Country, to ufe it for dying Black, which is beautiful, 

 and does not rot Stuffs, as the European Bhck does. This 

 Plant is only found in Marlhy Places. 

 Aromatkl The Woods are full of Aromatick Trees, as feveral Sorts 

 Trm. of Myrtle ; a Sort of Laurel-tree, the Bark whereof 

 fmells like Saffaphras, and fweeterj Boldu, the Leaf 

 whereof fmells like Frankincenfe, and the Bark has a bi- 

 ting Taftc, with fomewhatof the Flavour of Cinnamon: 

 But there is another Tree whieff bears that very Name, 

 tho' differing from the Eaft-India Cinnamon, and has the 

 fame Quality ; the Leaf of it is like that of the great Lau- 

 rel-tree, oniy a little longer. Virgil feems to have de- 

 fcribed it in his Georgich, Lib. 2. 



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