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England, by Grindal Archbishop of Canterbury : They also made CansCu a p. V'to drink out of this Wood. v -^ ' v

Thuya , by some called Arbor Vitæ (brought us from Canada) is an Thuya -hardy Green all the Winter (though a little tarnished in very sharpWeather) raised to a Tree of moderate Stature, bearing a ragged Leaf,not unlike the Cypress, only somewhat flatter, and not so thick set andclose : It bears small longifh Clogs and Seeds, but takes much better byLayers and Slips, as those we have before mentioned, and may bekept into the fame Shapes, but most: delights in the Shade, where theRoots running shallow, the Stem needs Support. The Leaf being bruis-ed between the Fingers, emits a powerful Scent , not easily conquered,seeming to breath something of % sanative Unguent , and (as I am told)makes one of the best for the Closure of green and fresh Wounds : Butthat those curious Ut ens Is and Works of the Turners, Bowls, Boxes,

Cups, Mortars , Bestles , &c. are of this Material (as is pretended) 'and pass under the Name of Lignum Vitæ (or rather of some of theexotic more close and ponderous Wood) as Brasil, Log-wood, Vc.is a Mistake. Upon Recension therefore of these Exotics , I cannot butencourage the more frequent raising the rest of those Semper-vivents,especially such as are fittest for the Jhrubby Parts, and Furniture of ourGroves, mere Gardens of Pleasure, which none but the Ever-greenbecome. To these we might add (not for their Verdure only) othermore rare Exotics , Styrax , Arbor, and Terebynth , noting, by theway, that we have no true Turpentine to be bought in our Shops, butwhat is from the Larch ; whilst Apothecaries substitute that which ex-tils from the Fir-tree , instead of it : All of them minding me againof the great Opportunities and Encouragement we have of every Dayimproving our Stores with so many useful Trees from the AmericanfP lantations ; for which I have the Suffrage of the often-cited Mr. Ray,who is certainly a very able Judge. Might we not therefore attemptthe more frequent Locus, Sassafras , &c. and that Sort of Elm , or Su-gar-tree, whose Juice yields that sweet Halymus Latifolius, and seve-ral others for Encouragement. But,

14. I produce not these Particulars, and other amoena vireta alreadymentioned, as signifying any Thing to Timber , the main Design of thisTreatise (though I read of some Myrtles so tall, as to make Spear-shafts) but to exemplifie in what may be farther added to Ornamentand Tieafure, by a cheap and most agreeable Indusry.

CHAP. V.

Of the Cork, Ilex, Alaternus, Celaflrus, higujlrum, Thi-ly re a, Myrtle, Lentiscus, Olroe, Granade, Syring,Jasmine, and other Exotics.

W E do not exclude this useful Tree from those of the Glandiferousand Fores ; but being inclined to gratify the Cutious, I have beeninduced to fay something farther of such semper Virentia, as may bemade to sort with those of our own (especially of the next Chapter ) Ibegin with the

1. Cork, [ Suber ] ot which there are two Sorts (and divers more in Co»,the Indies) one of a narrow, or less jagged Leaf, and perennial - the

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