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I have feen, in Finland, near Wiburg, beyond 

 the fixty-firft degree of Latitude, cherry-trees en- 

 tirely expofed to the weather, though thefe trees 

 are natives of the forty-fecond degree ; that is, of 

 the kingdom of Pontus, from whence Luctdlus 

 tranfplanted them to Rome, after the defeat of 

 Mithridates. The peafantry of that Province cul- 

 tivate tobacco with fuccefs, which is a much more 

 foutherly plant, being originally a native of Brafil. 

 It is, I admit, an annual plant, and that it does 

 not acquire, in it's northern fituation, a very high 

 degree of perfume ; for they are under the necef- 

 fity of expofing it to the heat of their floves, in 

 order to bring it to a ftate of perfect maturity. 

 But the rocks with which Finland is covered over, 

 would undoubtedly prefent, to attentive eyes, re- 

 verberating fituations, which might bring it to a 

 fufficient degree of maturity, without the aid of 

 artificial heat. 



I myfelf found, not far from the city of Frede- 

 rickfham, upon a dunghill, under the fhelter of a 

 rock, a very lofty tuft of oats, the produce of a 

 fingle feed, confiding of thirty-feven ftalks, loaded 

 with as many ears completely ripe, without' reck- 

 oning a multitude of other fmall lucklers. I ga- 

 thered it, with an intention of having it prefented 

 to her Imperial Majeliy, Catharine II. by my Ge- 

 neral M. Diéofquef, under whofe orders, and in 



whofe 



