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Atlantic seaboard region, from Maine to Georgia, 

 inclusive. Another sojourn occurred in 1816, at which 

 time he was elected an honorary member of the Massa- 

 chusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. He re- 

 ceived a hke recognition from the American Philo- 

 sophical Society of Philadelphia. In his will, made in 

 1852, he made bequests to both societies. He had 

 previously written a letter to a friend in this country 

 announcing a purpose so to do, and explains by say- 

 ing: "I wish to give the American nation a testimonial 

 of my gratitude for the hospitality and assistance my 

 father and myself received in that country, during the 

 course of our long and toilsome journeys." The 

 Society's records give no intimation of the special 

 form in which the attentions, for which he expresses 

 gratitude, were bestowed. But the character of the 

 work he was engaged in, and his superior qualifications 

 as a man of science, could not have failed to commend 

 him to those, who, at either date, held official or 

 prominent position in the society. Doubtless he re- 

 ceived many personal attentions, as well as the official 

 one of election to honorary membership. 



The result of his investigations in this country was 

 published in different editions under the title of "Sylva 

 Americana." A set of the final and perfected edition, 

 of five illustrated volumes, was purchased by the 

 society, and is a part of its library. By the terms of 

 the will, the fund is applicable in experiments in pro- 

 ducing new cereals in horticulture and arboriculture, 

 and, especially, the cultivation of hardy forest trees, 

 which the testator judged might profitably be grown 

 on sterile or sandy land, or land encumbered with rocks 

 or quagmires. In a general way, such undertakings 

 had already received encouragement from the society, 

 and so continued; but the legacy was greatly appre- 



