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ground. They all threw up shoots from the old stumps ; and 

 many of them have now attained to a diameter of nine inches. 

 For the last two years they have produced some fruit ; and 

 this year about one half of the trees are bending under the 

 weight of an abundant crop. About one hundred trees raised 

 from cuttings, are also beginning to bear. It is now twenty- 

 one years since the importation of these trees, and with the 

 exception of the destructive season of 1835, they have never 

 in the slightest degree been injured by the cold. The last 

 winter was one of unusual severity ; the thermometer having 

 sunk to 19° Fahrenheit; and although the sweet oranges on 

 the same plantation were much injured, some having been cut 

 down to the ground, I could not perceive that a single leaf 

 among 250 olive trees had been touched by the frost. This 

 experience is certainly very satisfactory, the more particularly 

 as it is certain that the season of 1835 was the coldest known 

 on this coast for at least one hundred years, as is proved by 

 the destruction of orange trees on St. Simon's Island, which 

 had stood since the occupation of that island by Gen. Ogle- 

 thorpe, and of others at St. Augustine, which dated still farther 

 back. The effect of one such disastrous year should not dis- 

 courage the introduction of so valuable a tree. In the south 

 of France they have persevered in its cultivation, although in 

 1709 and 1788, almost every tree was destroyed to the ground, 

 and they were severely injured in 1740, 1745, 1748, 1755, and 

 1768. It may be doubted whether the olive tree can be culti- 

 vated beyond the influence of the sea air on the coast of Caro- 

 lina and Georgia with the varieties at present known. But it 

 may be hoped that this plant will in time become acclimated ; 

 and that by pursuing the plan of raising from the seed, which 

 has been found to produce hardier plants, new kinds adapted to 

 a greater range of climate may in time be introduced. The 

 gradual extension of the olive from the southern to the northern 

 shores of the Mediterranean would encourage this expectation. 

 The southern coasts of Italy and Spain, which are now the 

 great oil markets of the world, were destitute of the olive du- 

 ring the early periods of Roman history. 



" The suitableness of the soil of our southern coast to the 

 olive tree, admits of no doubt. It thrives in every soil which 



