( Sop ; 
Monffet 'Sit the latter end of his 6th Chapter de PropoU^ 
p. 36 fays, there are 4 forts of Byve-drofs* i. ' A Popu- 
* lo nigra tantum coUigitur, quam lEgyrinam vocant, co- 
* lore flavo aut fulvo, traftatu mollis eft ScFifci inftar fe- 
' quax, odorem habet fuavem, jucundura capiti gratum, 
* fomniferum, Jljracis aemulum, fapore Popuheis gemmis 
* refpondet. The young Buds of common Black Poplar 
I know do yield fqnie fuch glutinous matter, of which 
is made the Ungmntum Popukon of the JIjopps. But there 
is a Tree in the lower parts of this Country called the 
Batfam Tree^ whofe Leaves both in fmell and (hape re- 
ferable thofe of jB/^f4 P^/?/^r. The People thQTQ call it 
Balfam, and make ufe of it iox Green Wounds^ &c. I 
believe it may be worth enquiry, whether the Hjve-drofi 
there differs from that in other parts of the Country, 
where this Tree does not grow, or whether wliat the 
Bees in England extrafl: from the Blac^Poplar be as good, 
or whether this Balm be not better to make up Salves^ 
as it comes from the Tree, or for any other ufe this Pr<?- 
polk is fo much commended. 
Oeftrum. Forte Afilus Virgmienfis Pennei. 
Mufca carnivora Vivipera. A fmall brown Fly, that 
^extrudes live Maggots. 
Cicada 8c earuni exuvi^, Mouf. 130. Thofe infeds 
that deftroyed the Trees in New England were Cicada* 
Phil, Tranf, No. 8. p. 137. 
I this ddy (viz. May^ 20« 1701.^ received from the Re^ 
verend Mr Hugh Jones in Maryland, amongfl other In^ 
feSsy .&c. a very large Cicada, which exaUly agrees with 
the 2 Hppermojl higger ones^ Figured in Mouffet^ pag. 130. 
towards the right hand^ hut I cannot wit|i Mr Banifter 
thinks it were thefe Infe&s that deftroyed the Trees ^ becaufe 
they have no Forcipes or other Grinders to eat the Leaves^ hu$ 
only a Tuhe^ through which they fuck in Dew, which is all the 
Nourishment that l ean underhand they live on^ and mojl 
Writers confirm the fame. MoufFet cap. 17. p. 127» lin. %. 
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