74 On the Power of Habit in Vegetables. 



Note 4. Page 71. This statement is not quite 

 correct. The Elms, in the State-House-area, are 

 not the same, but two different species. In regard, 

 however, to many trees, that are, confessedly, the 

 same in species, Dr. Barnwell's assertion is confirmed 

 by the observations of many writers. 



Note 5. Page 71. There are many varieties of 

 Indian-corn, and some of these varieties are capable 

 of enduring much more northern latitudes than others. 

 The same remark applies to the Rice, of which a late 

 botanist (Willdenow) informs us, that he possesses 

 eighteen varieties. Rumphius expressly informs us, 

 that some of the varieties of this vegetable ripen their 

 seed earlier than others. These things are worthy 

 of the attention of my countrymen. With respect 

 to the Indian-corn, our Indians (Delawares, &c.) say, 

 that the true and genuine variety of this (which they 

 call Lenni-Chasqueiri) never took more than ninety 

 days, from the day it was planted, until it was per- 

 fectly ripe. I know not, whether they have, at pre- 

 sent, this kind of corn, which, I doubt not, came 

 from the south. When the Indians move to a new 

 country, they always endeavour to discover, what va- 

 riety of corn best suits their new soil, and at what 

 time the people of the country plant it. The Chip- 

 pewas have a kind of low corn, with a short ear, 

 which seems best adapted to their northern situation. 

 In the state of Ohio (on the waters of the Muskingum, 

 Sciota, Sec), the Indians were accustomed to plant 

 the high-growing varieties of corn, which, when 

 planted about the 20th of May, will be ripe about 



