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large, resembling Bryonia dioica ; has a taste like quassia ; gives a liquor 

 like porter by fermentation ; from the Kocky Mountains (Major Long's 

 Expedition, 1822) ; Aster graveolens, 1 Arkansas ; Ribes sp. differs from 

 Ribes aureum or any preceding American species ; Verbena bipinnatifida, 

 from Arkansas ; Fumaria sp. a species of vine from Long's Expedition, 

 differs from any in cultivation ; Salix sp., beautiful, not in Britain ; 

 Helianthus specularius [?]. I am also in hopes that I shall obtain some seeds 

 in the fall. I made a journey to Mr. McMahon, which is three miles north 

 of the city. I did not find him at home ; I looked round the garden, and 

 after a patient search found Madura, two plants, height about seventeen 

 feet, bushy and rugged ; they had a few fruits on the trees ; it is well 

 described in Pursh's Preface of his 'Flora Amer.' Then I called at 

 Bartram's old place, but found no person at home. 



Saturday, August 23rd. In the morning I visited the vegetable 

 market, &c. I found the supply finer than that of New York, and the pro- 

 duce so likewise. The peaches, apples, &c., look superior in every respect ; 

 they have not that sickly appearance which is found among the fruit of 

 New York. | I made a visit to Landreth, near the city, who has got a 

 great many fine plants : a rose which originated in the Southern States, 

 called the Champneya rose ; also three fine good varieties ; a fine tree of 

 Magnolia cordata, auriculata, 2 macrophylla ; a single plant of Berberis 

 Aquifolium, rather sickly. In front of his house he had his greenhouse 

 plants ; oranges were particularly fine indeed. I observed fine plant of 

 Lagerstroemia indica, imported from China, in flower. I here saw a fine 

 plant of Madura, about twenty feet high, very rustic, leaves large, ovate, 

 at the stalk of which is a large thorn, a few fine fruits on the tree ; 

 stands perfectly well the winter in a poor, light, sandy soil ; the shoots 

 of this year are in length five feet. He has a few stout plants propa- 

 gated from cuttings last season, two of which I feel glad to have the 

 pleasure of carrying to England from this place. Grapes thrive well 

 here, running up poles or on trellises ; some of the native species are 

 cultivated. 



Sunday, August 24th. To-day I was shown the principal places in and 

 near town. Centaur ea americana I saw at a small garden in town ; plants 

 are cultivated in this city with a good deal of taste. 



Monday and Tuesday, August 25th and 26th. This morning at 

 4 o'clock I set off in company with Mr. Hogg to Chester, State of Delaware, 

 fifteen miles from Philadelphia, said to be good for the neatness of its 

 gardens, &c. From thence to Wilmington, Newcastle, and Newport. We 

 saw nothing different from what we had already seen, only in fine order in 

 point of management : Rubus cuneifolius, on the banks of the Creek 

 Brandywine, among Asdepias tuberosa and A. syriaca, and a species of 

 Eupatorium. On the morning of Tuesday we got to town again, called at 

 Woodlands four miles from town, where I saw what might be said to be the 

 finest American establishment. Mr. Lisle we did not see ; the whole place 

 has the appearance of nicety. South of the navy -yard about three-quarters 



1 A. oblongifolius, Torr. and Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 144. 

 * M. Fraaeri, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 29. 



