Montreal* 6$ 



been allured by the country people, who 

 live in that place, and who at the fame 

 time informed me, that it was very fcarce 

 in the woods. When I came to ' ? atoga, 

 I enquired whether any of r-v; {'. .iiulherry- 

 trees had been found in t-iat neighbour- 

 hood ? but every ^ ^old rnc, that they 

 were never fee: ; hi thcfe parts, but that 

 the before mentioned place, twenty miles 

 above Albany , is the mo ft northern one 

 where tbey grow. Thofc mulberry- trees, 

 which were pb.nted on this iilcuid, fucceed 

 very well, though they are placed in a poor 

 foil. Their foliage is large and thick, hut 

 they did, net bear any fruits thi- p year. How- 

 ever, I was informed that they can bear a 

 considerable degree of cold. 



THE Waterbeech was planted here in a 

 fhady place, and was grown to a great 

 height. Ail the French hereabouts call it 

 Cotonier *. It is never found wild near the 

 river St. Lawrence - ? nor north of fort St. 

 Frederic, where it is now very fcarce. 



THE red Cedar is called Cedre rouge by 

 the French* and it foas likewife planted in 

 the governor's garden, whither it had been 

 brought from more fouthern parts, for it is 

 not to be met with in the forefts here- 



VOL. III. E abouts. 



* Cotton-tree. Mr. Kalm mentions before, that this name 

 is given to \hv Jjclepias Sjriaca. Soe Vol. Ill, p. 28, F. 



