The ProfeiTor does not mention the precife height which 

 he had obferved thefe trees to attain in North-America, but 

 it is evident that they acquire a confiderable thicknefs, as the 

 wood of the root as well as the body of the tree is manu- 

 factured into various utenfils by the natives, and by the 

 Indians into fpoons in particular, whence it has obtained the 

 name of the Spoon 'Tree. 



The leaves have been found to prove poifonous to kine, 

 horfes, and fheep, but the deer are obferved to broufe on 

 them with impunity. 



Peter Collin son, Efq. who was highly inftrumental in 

 enriching this country with the native plants of North- 

 America, is faid to have introduced this elegant fpecies 

 about the year 1734. 



With us it fucceeds belt when planted with a northern 

 afpect, well fheltered, in a foil compofed of loam and bog 

 earth, in a fituation moderately moift, where the air is per- 

 fectly pure. 



Being with difficulty propagated by fuckers or layers, it 13 

 moft commonly raifed from American feeds. 



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Kalmia Glauca. Glaucous Kalmia. 



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Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 



KALMIA glauca foliis oppofitis oblongis laevigatis, fubtus 

 glaucis, margine revolutis, corymbis tcrminahbus, 

 ramulis ancipitibus. Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 2. p- &i* 

 tab. 8. 



This fpecies (much inferior in fize to the latifoluh as lfc 

 rarely exceeds two feet in height) is a native of Newfound- 

 land, where it was difcovered by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, 

 and by him introduced to this country in the year 1767*. 



It is of courfe not defcribed by Mr. Miller, nor if » 

 mentioned in the 14th edition of Lin nous's Syft. Vegetab. of 

 Profeffor Murray ; in the Hort. Keiv. of Mr. Aiton, it 1S 

 both defcribed and figured. 



It flowers in April and May, is propagated in the fa™ e 

 manner and requires the fame treatment as the lalifoha. 



