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been aiTared 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 Saratoga, 

 I enquired whether any of thefe mulberry- 

 trees had been found in that neighbour- 

 hood ? but every body told me, that they 

 were never feen in thofe parts, but that 

 the before mentioned place, twenty miles 

 above Albany, is the moil: northern or^e 

 where they grow. Thofe mulberry-trees, 

 which were pTanred on this illand, fucceed 

 very well, though they are placed in a poor 

 foih Their foliage is large and thick, but 

 they did not bear any fruits this year. How- 

 ever, I was informed that they can bear a 

 confiderable degree of cold. 



The IVaterbeech was planted here in a 

 fbady place, and was grown to a great 

 height. AH 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 was 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 forefls here- 



VoL. III. E abouts. 



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

 is given to ihQ Jj'cUpias Sjriaca. See Vol. Ill, p. 28. F. 



