250 June 1749. 



Gleditfia triacanthos, the Honey -hcujl tree. 



Annona muric&ta, the Papaw-tree. 



Celtis occidentalis, the Nettle-tree. And 

 a number of fhrubs, which are never found 

 here. 



THE more northerly fituation of the 

 place, the height of the Blue Mountains, 

 and the courfe of the rivers, which flow 

 here fouthward into the fea, and according- 

 ly carry the feeds of plants from north to 

 fouth, and not the contrary way, are chiefly 

 the caufes that feveral plants which grow in 

 Penfyhania cannot be found here. 



THIS afternoon I went to fee an iiland 

 which lies in the middle of the river, about 

 a mile below the town. This iiland is an 

 Englifh mile long, and not above a quarter 

 of a mile broad. It is almoft entirely turn- 

 ed into corn-fields ; and is inhabited by a 

 {ingle planter, who, befides pofleffing this 

 ifland, is the owner of two more. Here 

 we faw no woods, except a few trees which 

 were left round the ifland on the more, and 

 formed as it were a tall and great hedge. 

 The Red Maple (Acer rubrum) grows in 

 abundance in feveral places. Its leaves 

 are white or filvery on the under fides, 

 and, when agitated by the wind, they 

 make the tree appear as if it was full of 

 white flowers. The Water-beech (Platanus 

 grows to a great height, and is 



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