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The Defcription of a new Plant j by Dr. Alex- 

 ander Garden, Phyjicia?i at Charleflon 

 in South Carolina. 



DOCTOR Garden writes T^o^o^cWhytti 

 that, in Summer 1754, he met, about 

 a mile from the town of New Tork in 

 New England^ with a plant j which, at firft, 

 he took to be a hypericiim, but, on examining 

 it, found it different : upon which he took 

 down its charaders, and fent them, fome days 

 after, to Mifs ye?my Colden (daughter to the 

 Honourable Caldwallader Colden), a very inge- 

 nious young Lady and curious Botanifl. In 

 return to this, Mifs Colden fent Dr. Garden 

 the charaders of a plant which proves to be 

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