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413 NATURAL AisTORY: 
of it have been reared in Southcarolina, where it is © 
found to fucceed as well as in its original foil: And | 
it being a grain that trom its ufe may be catléd the 
manna of the poor, it Has proved moft béneficial to 
that province. ‘The plant bears its ftalk to the height 
of three or four feet, and is much thicker and ftronger 
than that of wheat or any other corn. ‘he leaves are 
long like thofe of the reed, and the flowers blow in 
the top like barley : But the feed grows in clufters 
and is enclofédin a yellow hufk erdingin a {pirat 
thread. ‘This plant growing in moift foils, whére the 
ground can be overflowed with water, fuch as are 
defirous of cultivating it in Europe fhould placé the 
pints reared in a hot bed, in pots filled with rich 
ight earth, and placed in pans of water, which fhould 
be plunged ina hot bed, and replenifhed as the water 
is by the heat diminiflied. In July they fhould be 
openly expofed, but in a warm {fituation, and with 
the fame watery nourifhment. Yoward the latter © 
end of Auguft they will produce their grain tolerably 
ripened, if the autumn fhould happen to be sav eka 
Although rice be chiefly ufed for food, it is fome- 
times ufed in medicine. It nourifhes well, ftops flu 
¢s, and is therefore found extremely ferviceable in 
armies. As it increafes blood, it reftores in confump- 
tions. The neweft rice thould be chofen, and fuch 
as islarge, white, and well cleanfed. yee 
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) \ CORK TREE: 
©; this tree thete are feveral {pecies.—The chiet 
are the broad leaved, the ever green amd the narrow 
leaved with {mooth edges. The firft is only requi- 
fite to be defcribed, which is always green, of amod- 
erate height, refembling the oak, and having a thick, 
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