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fome whereof hinted, may require and deferve farther 
and more particular examination and improvement ^ 
but at prefent having mentioned thefe things in general 
fome or other hereof may perhapsfiiit with, and prove 
applicable to fome or other of thefe particulars here- 
after to be mentioned. 
Wli^LtTtmbtr-trees have lufFeredj are above fpecified^ 
but divetfe other of our native Trees and Shrubs have 
fcarcely proved able to withftand the force of fo rude an 
enemy. Tew and Holly things whofe tendernefs was 
never fufped:ed j were in lome places quite kill d, and 
in many places fo difcouraged loofing their leaves, and 
blemiihing the bark^that it is to be feared they will never 
take on their priftine Splendour and Verdure. The Fur^e 
in many places quite kilfd, and in moft places cut down 
and fpring again, but often the refurrecStion in vain ex- 
pected I Common Broome proves a degree hardier ; In fome 
places the Sunny fide of a Juniper bufli proves fcorch't be- 
tween Sun and Cold^ but that proves one of the moft hardy 
of our native Greens; fo that it is hard to fay what is 
Winter-proofe, even among our Natives, except Box 
and Ivy which ftand in defiance of all. 
And after this to look into the Gardens ( which gene- 
rally are Nurferies Exotichs ^ and from warm Coun^ 
tries ) and to think how great deftrudion hath there 
happened is diredtly renovare dolores, and this Calamity 
taking off the efpecial beauty thereof hath principally 
bent its force dLg^LinikWinter-greenes, fuch as Alaternm 
( commonly known by the name of Bhillurea) and the 
true Phillurea alfo, which are generally iill'd, though 
fome upon cutting down fpring again. Alfo common 
Bayes itcxYm moft places to bekillddown, and Lawrell 
feldom proving impatient, is in fome places kill'd, in 
fome places half dead s l{pfmary, Laurufline, Halimiis ^ 
Arbutus y White Jafmine^ and other which feldom fail, 
are generally kill'd through the ^\\q\q Country. But of 
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