The Natural History of remarkable Trees, Shrubs, and Plants |
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affords afterwards Amboyna America animal annual plant appears Baobab bark berries blossom boiling branches called Camphor Cane castor oil cedar Chestnut cloth cloves collected colour cork Cork Trees cotton covered cultivated diameter dried earth Europe favourable feet fibres Flax flowers fruit gathered green ground grumes heat height hemp inches long India Indian Indies inhabitants insects island Jamaica juice kernel kind leaf leaves likewise liquor manner manufacture Molucca islands native nourishment nutmeg nuts Olive poison produce purpose quantity remarkable renders resembles ripe rises root season seeds Senegal sensitive plant serve shell shoots shrub side skin smell soft soil sometimes stalk stem strong substance sugar Sugar Maple surface tallow taste thick thread tobacco tree grows trunk tulip tree vegetable vessel West Indies White Poppy whole wind wood yield