toS A DISCOURSE

BookI. Wood , of which they sometimes made Bows for Viols, and the In layerused it for its Colour, and Instrument-makers for Toothing of Organsand Virginal-Keys, Tooth-Pickers, &c. What we else do with it, Iknow not, lave that (according with its Name abroad) they makeSpindles with it. I also learn, that three or four of the Berries,purge both by Vomit and Siege , and the ‘Powder made of the Berry,being baked, kills Nits , and cures scurfy Heads . Matthiolus fays,the poor People about Trent press Oil out of the Berries, wherewithto feed their Lamps : But why they were wont to scourge Parricideswith AWirmade of this Shrub, before they put them into the Sack, fee.Modest inns L.penult SS. ad Legem Pomp. de Parricid.citcd by Mr .Bay.dog-wood. Here might come in (or be named at least) Wild-cornel , or Dog-wood,uses. good to make Mill-Cogs, Pestles, Bobins for Bone-lace, Spokes forWheels , &c. the best Skewers for Butchers, because it does not taintthe Flesh, and is of so very hard a Substance, as to make Wedges tocleave and rive other Wood with, instead of Iron. But of this, feeviburnum. Chap. fy. Book ii. And Lastly, The Viburnum, or Way-saring-tree,growing also plentifully in every Corner, makes Pins for the Yokes ofOxen ; and superstitious People think, that it protects their Cattle frombeing bewitched, and used to plant the Shrub about their Stalls; ’tiscertainly the most pliant and best Bands to Faggot with. The LeavesUses. and Berries are astringent, and make an excellent Gargle for looseTeeth, fire Throats, and to stop Fluxes. The Leaves decocted to aLie, not only colour the Hairs black, but fasten their Roots ; and theBark of the Root, macerated under Ground, well beaten, and oftenboiled, serves for Birdlime.

yucca. xo . The American Tucca is a hardier Plant than we take it to be,for it will foster our sharpest Winter (as I have seen by Experience)without that Trouble and Care of setting it in Cafes in our Conservato-ries of Hyemation : Such as have beheld it in Flower (which is not in-deed till it be of some Age) must needs admire the Beauty of it; and itbeing, easily multiplied, why should it not make one of the best and mostornamental Fences in the World for our Gardens, with its natural pa-u s e s. lisadoes, as well as the more tender and impatient of Moisture, theAloes, does for their Vineyards in Languedoc, (sc ? But we believenothing improveable, lave what our Grandfathers taught us. Fi-nally, let Trial likewise be made of that Thorn, mentioned by Cap-tain Liggon in his History of Barbadoes , whether it would not bemade grow amongst us, and prove as convenient for Fences as there,the Seeds or Sets transported to us with due Care. And thus havingaccomplished what (by your Commands) I had to offer concerning thePropagation of the more filid, material, and usefol Trees, as well thedry as aquatical, and to the best of my Talent fenced our Planta-tion in; 1 should here conclude, and set a Bound likewise to my Dis-course, by making an Apology for the many Frrors and Impertinencicsof it, did not the Zeal and Ambition of this illustrious Society to pro-mote and improve all Attempts which may concern publick ^Utility orOrnament, perswade me, that what I am adding for the farther Encou-ragement to the planting of some other useful (though less vulgar)frees, will at least obtain your Pardon , if it miss of your Approba-\ tion.

t ree's. 2I * ^ ° disooursein this Stile of all such Fruit-trees as would proveof greatest Emolument to the whole Nation, were to design a just Vo-lume ; and there arc Directions already so many, and so accurately de-livered