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already great leaves, whereas the black 

 walnut-trees, which grow fpontaneoufly ifi 

 every part of this country, had not yet 

 any leaves, or flowers. The laft night's 

 froft had killed all the leaves of the Euro- 

 pean kind. Dr. Franklin told me after- 

 wards, that there had been fome Engli/Jj 

 walnut-trees in Philadelphia, which came 

 on very well j but that they were killed by 

 the froft. 



I looked about me for the trees which 

 had not yet got frefli leaves, and I found 

 the following ones : 



yuglans nigra, or the Black Walnut- 

 tree* 



Fraxinus exceljior, or the Afo. 



Acer Negundo, called the White^a/k here, 



Nyffa aquatica, the Tupelo -tree, 



Diofpyros Virginiana, or the Perfimon. 



FitisLabrufca, or the Fox-grapes ; and 



Rhus glabra, or the Sumach. 



The trees whole leaves were coming out, 

 were the following : 



Morns rubra, the Mulberry- tree* 



Fagus Caftanea, the Chefnut-tree. 



Platanus Occident alls, or the Water-beach* 



Laurus SaJJafras, the Sqffafras-tree. 



yuglans alba, the Hiccory. Some trees? 

 of this kind had already large leaves, but 

 gthers had none at all; the faine difference, 



I believe, 



