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the sweet gum would thrive 0am or the plane 
tree. 
I have tried the red cedar: cattle are remarkably 
fond of twisting it and destroying it with their horns. 
The willow inlow grounds does very well; the Georgia 
poplar is very easily raised from cuttings, grows admi- 
rably even in very sandy soils, and from the trials I 
have made, appears likely to succeed very well.—The 
white thorn is often exceedingly injured by a worm or 
some kind of insect that kills the bark all around near 
the surface ; I was discouraged from raising any more 
from the seed, although the insect did not kill the roots, 
yet so much dead wood looks very unhandsome: but 
the Viburnum Prunifolhum L. or black haw, throws out 
many harizontal shoots, and is a remarkable hardy plant. 
I never saw it in the least injured by insects ; it grows 
very plentifully in our woods, and may be raised in any 
quantity from seeds. I dig it up and set it out in the 
same manner that we do the thorn, and I understand 
since my propagating it, that others have recommended 
it. A number of the plants I have mentioned would 
thrive very well in a variety of soils, where the thorn 
would not answer any good purpose, and it must always 
be of consequence to choose plants suitable to the dif- 
ferent soils on our farms. 
Thy respectful friend. 
Pau Cooper. 
Dr. James MEASE. 
