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were much used on the cherry-tree (I suppose the wild 
one), which has a very smooth rind: — 
“ Repeat; thy words on cherry-bark I’ll take, 
And that red skin my table-book will make.” 
The same author, in the chapter on this tree, says, 
“ In a dryish soil mixt with loam it will thrive into a 
stately tree, beautified with blossoms of a surprising 
whiteness, greatly relieving the sedulous bees, and 
attracting birds.” There are some remarkably fine 
specimens in the neighbourhood of Ilydal, in Westmore¬ 
land, which certainly, in point of size, may rank as forest 
trees. On some wooded ground near the lake, the 
author herself took the measurement of two different 
trees; and found the circumference of one of them two 
yards and a half at two feet from the ground; the other 
rose from the root with two stems, each of which was 
about a yard and three quarters in circumference. Their 
height she had no means of ascertaining, but it seemed 
proportioned to the bulk of their trunks. 
A curious instance of the length of time in which the 
germ of the future plant may remain under ground, 
and yet retain its vitality, is recorded by Dr. Dwight: 
“ Some old cultivated fields in Vermont, after being dug 
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