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of ground on dry soil grew Gerardia quercifolia : what I took from Canada 

 of this having failed, and recollecting the difficulty of raising it from seed, 

 without hesitation or reserve I secured many sets of seeds and plants. 

 We got back at 6 o'clock in the evening, congratulating ourselves on 

 having been more fortunate than we expected. 



Wednesday, October 29^. Waited on Mr. Kennedy and obtained 

 some money of him, then set out for Philadelphia. Got to [New] 

 Brunswick at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and then by stage to Trenton, 

 which I reached at 9 at night. 



Thursday, October 30th. Left Trenton at 5 o'clock in the morning, 

 and got to Burlington at 9. Went to Mr. Smith and proceeded to take up 

 the trees. In the evening I called on W. Coxe, Esq., whom I am sorry to say 

 I found very sick, so ill that he was by his medical attendant considered 

 in danger. I am sorry ; I am afraid he will not be able to get out before 



I leave. 



October 3lst. Finished taking up, and saw the trees packed by 



II o'clock. Went in search of Epigaea repens which failed with me in the 

 summer, the soil light sandy loam. On the same place grew Helonias sp. ? 

 Gentiana sp., Willow-leaved oaks (trees tall but not thick), on the same 

 spot ; Quercus obtusiloba 1 beautiful foliage and fine clusters of fruit ; 

 Quercus triloba * but sorry that no fruit could be found on them. These 

 I carried to the tavern and packed, and at 6 o'clock in the evening went 

 in steamboat to Philadelphia, which place I gained by 9 at night. The 

 night was cold and rainy, with slight frost in the morning. 



Philadelphia, Saturday, November 1st. I waited on Mr. William Dick, 

 janitor of the University of Pennsylvania, from whom I had already 

 received sufficient testimony of his ability and will to make himself 

 useful to me. I had the pleasure of meeting here Mr. Nut-tall, whom I 

 found very communicative. We looked round Mr. Dick's garden. At 

 midday, with Mr. Dick, I set out for Messrs. Landreth's, west of Philadelphia, 

 to whom I am also much indebted for very polite attention. (There is 

 a great similarity of character between Messrs. Loddiges and Landreth.) 

 I am again pleased to see Madura aurantiaca. This night's frost had made 

 them drop their leaves, and the tender shoots were injured a little. The 

 Barberry is what Mr. Nuttall describes as canadensis, var., and he tells 

 me that some alteration is necessary in that tribe of plants, for no species 

 of Berberis are indigenous to America except Aquifolium and nervosa and 

 this one. Mr. Landreth's one is, according to Mr. Nuttall, a new species 

 and a good one (See NuttalTs ' Genera '). Mr. Landreth obtained it of 

 his friend, Mr. John Fraser, when on one of his last routes to the western 

 country. The particular place of habitat he does not know, as no 

 memoranda were received from Mr. Fraser, but he thinks the moun- 

 tains of Carolina. Mr. Fraser did not send any of these to England. 

 Gentiana sp. Nuttall, on the Missouri ; leaves ovate, nervous, and shining ; 

 flower large, of a greenish and yellow colour. Only one plant of it. Rhodo- 

 dendron arboreum, several species of Erica, Mesembryanthemum, Stapelia 



1 Q. stettata, Kew Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs, p. 709. 

 * Q. cuneata, Kew loc. cit., p. 685. 



