74 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



and climate to their growth, that this state might, with more 

 propriety, than any portion of Greece, be called " Mokea." 

 We have about four thousand plants natives of the state, and 

 we know of no plant, either in Tennessee or Kentucky, not a 

 native of this state. Of the oak family, we have more spe- 

 cies, than any other state has, and if any native tree deserves 

 to be an emblem of it, the oak, deserves that distinction. 

 The walnut has the next claim on us. 



Whether we consider our latitude, our climate, our soil, our se- 

 condary formation, or our low elevation above the sea, we readi- 

 ly ascertain that our botany is rich. To those of our patrons, 

 who, are thorough botanists, and possess all the large works on 

 botany ; any remarks which "we can make, in this volume, ne- 

 cessarily brief oh all subjects, would be useless. To common 

 readers they would be equally useless. We shall therefore con- 

 fine the remarks which follow, to our grape vines, flowering 

 shrubs and plants, and to such as are medicinal or useful in the 

 arts of life. 



And we begin with a parasite and lover of all the trees, and 

 shrubs, which w^e have noticed, under this head of botany. 

 That parasite and courtier is the grape vine. 



FAMILY. BOTANICAL NAMES. 



Grape vine, Vitis. 



SPECIES. SPECIES. 



Fox grape, Vitis Vulpina. 



Sweet prairie grape, Vitis Sciotoensis. 



Hill grape, Vitis Accuminatis. 



White grape, Vitis Alba maxima. 



Red large grape, Vitis Rubia maxima. 



Frost grape, Vitis Gigantea ohioensis. 



Besides these, there are a great many varieties, of these 

 vines. 



The fox grape has a large fruit, as big as an ounce 

 ball, it is whitish in color, and produces abundantly. It is 

 cultivated in many places. 



The WHITE GRAPE, is the largest grape and the shortest vine, 

 growing in rich, wet and swampy grounds, in Brown and Cler- 



