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ffitious or whimfical fancy, but that k materially af- 
feds timber is a fad well known to thofe who (trip, 
or peel bark for the ufe of tanners; and when ac- 
counted for in one cafe, may probably throw lome 
light upon the other. But further, it is alfo a fad 
well known, that timber, whofe bark has been fuffi- 
ciently feparated and peeled round at the but, in or- 
der for deading, as it is termed; if done in the de- 
creafe of the moon, retains its greennefs often a con- 
fiderable time; but if in the increafe, withers in a 
much ihorter time. From hence, I think, we may 
conclude, that the fap or juice of trees, has a kind 
of monthly circulation, or revolution ; afcending in 
the moon’s decreafe, but defending in the increafe. 
However, be this as it may, the falling of timber in 
the different phafis of the moon, is confidently af- 
ferted, from experience, to materially affed its du- 
rability. 
RHODODENDRUM. 
DWARF ROSE-BAY. 
Clafs io. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 
F ~THE Empalement is of one leaf, five parted and permanent. 
TheCorolla of one leaf, wheel-funnelled : the border fpread- 
ing: the divifions rounded. 
The Filaments ten, thread-form, almoft the length of the co- 
rolla, and declined. The Antherce oval. 
The Germen five cornered, retufe. The Style thread-form, the 
length of the corolla. The Stigma obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel ovate, angled, five ceil’d. 
The Seeds numerous and fmali. 
We have , with us , but one Species, viz. 
Rhodo- 
