Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . rticular those which are planted forthe kitchen and Fabriquer, both trees and plants. Theyhave all answered with one mouth, Millers GardenersDictionary, either in Folio, or the abstract in 8vo.,was the best of all, and that when one has it, no otherbook is afterwards required, because there is foundin it everything that is in the others, and muchmore besides, and that both more clearly and betterworked out than in any other, although the others oftenhave manifold more words. The same answer I havealso got from several disti
Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . rticular those which are planted forthe kitchen and Fabriquer, both trees and plants. Theyhave all answered with one mouth, Millers GardenersDictionary, either in Folio, or the abstract in 8vo.,was the best of all, and that when one has it, no otherbook is afterwards required, because there is foundin it everything that is in the others, and muchmore besides, and that both more clearly and betterworked out than in any other, although the others oftenhave manifold more words. The same answer I havealso got from several distinguished persons who had them-selves had a particular pleasure in planting trees andplants with their own hands. If any of the Lords andthe great Herrar in England wished to lay out a newgarden, or to remake an old one, Mr. Miller would alwaysshow them how it ought to be done. When the greatestlords drove out to their estates, he often drove out withthem in the same carriage, i samma vagn. In a word,the principal people in the land set a particular value onthis AMERICAN NOTES Made in London. [T. I. p. 384.] Vax af et slags Porss. Wax from a kind of sweet willow. In many places where there are morasses or wetgrounds in North America there grows in abundance alittle bush, which is called by Botanists Myrica foliislanceolatis subserratis, fructu baccato. Linn. Hort. Upsala 295. This Myrica or sweet willow, Pors,instead of other fruit has berries which have on theoutside a kind of a wax, which is used as a candle, til1JUS. They take the berries and cast them into a pot ofboiling water, when the wax melts off the berries by itselfand floats as a grease on the top of the water. When thewater is cold, the wax hardens, and can then be taken offand kept till it is wanted. The candle is made from it inthe same way as tallow or ordinary wax. They mostly mixthis wax with the tallow they are going to make dipcandles of, as it makes the tallow candle harder andfirmer; for if
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