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  The 
  small 
  species 
  or 
  Cliinquepin, 
  Castanea 
  pumilla, 
  

   flourishes 
  best 
  on 
  the 
  rich 
  bluif 
  lands 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  

   Mississippi. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  our 
  wild 
  plums, 
  none 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  fit 
  for 
  use 
  until 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  

   sweetmeats 
  or 
  jellies, 
  I 
  notice 
  a 
  small 
  blue 
  species, 
  re- 
  

   sembling 
  in 
  color 
  the 
  damson. 
  It 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  

   greatest 
  abundance, 
  on 
  Pearl 
  River, 
  in 
  Marion 
  County, 
  

   and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  "the 
  Sloe." 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  of 
  

   small 
  size, 
  but 
  pulpy, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  pit. 
  The 
  trees 
  

   seem 
  more 
  vigorous, 
  healthy, 
  and 
  prolific 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  plum, 
  producing 
  the 
  fruit 
  abundantly 
  

   in 
  clusters. 
  It 
  is 
  doubtless 
  worthy 
  of 
  cultivation 
  and 
  

   introduction 
  into 
  our 
  orchards. 
  

  

  The 
  service-tree, 
  Aronia 
  Arhutifolia, 
  found 
  in 
  Amite 
  

   and 
  Wilkinson 
  Counties, 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  novelty, 
  very 
  few 
  

   trees 
  having 
  been 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  Although 
  our 
  fan 
  palm 
  or 
  Palmetto, 
  Sahal 
  jpumilla 
  

   (the 
  Sabal 
  adansoni, 
  of 
  Loudon, 
  and 
  Sahal 
  minor, 
  of 
  

   Nuttall), 
  grows 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  luxuriance, 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  

   swamp 
  lands; 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  sometimes, 
  in 
  more 
  

   arid 
  and 
  elevated 
  situations, 
  and 
  is 
  abundant 
  on 
  our 
  

   seaboard, 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  pine 
  lands, 
  sometimes 
  

   on 
  the 
  very 
  verge 
  of 
  the 
  ocean. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  our 
  noxious 
  plants 
  are 
  not 
  exclusively 
  the 
  

   pests 
  of 
  the 
  South. 
  The 
  Jamestown 
  weed, 
  daturia 
  

   stramonium, 
  and 
  the 
  Cocklebur, 
  Zanthium 
  strumarium, 
  

   have 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  geographical 
  range. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  

   observed, 
  growing 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  luxuriance, 
  in 
  the 
  

   New 
  England 
  States, 
  and, 
  on 
  the 
  rocky 
  shores 
  of 
  

   Nahant, 
  are 
  moistened 
  by 
  the 
  spray 
  from 
  the 
  surf 
  

   of 
  the 
  ocean 
  dashing 
  over 
  the 
  rocks 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  

   thrive. 
  

  

  