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the sweet gum would thrive admirably, or the plane 

 tree. 



I have tried the red cedar : cattle are remarkablv 

 fond of twisting it and destroying it with their horns. 



The willow in low grounds does very well; the Georgia 

 poplar is very easily raised from cuttings, grows admi- 

 rably even in very sandy soils, and from the trials 1 

 have made, appears likely to succeed very well. — The 

 white thorn is often exceedingly injured by a worm or 

 some kind of insect that kills the bark all around near 

 the surface ; I was discouraged from raising any more 

 from the seed, although the insect did not kill the roots, 

 yet so much dead wood looks very unhandsome : but 

 the Viburnum Prunifolium L. or black haw, throws out 

 many horizontal shoots, and is a remarkable hardy plant. 

 I never saw it in the least injured by insects ; it grows 

 very plentifully in our woods, and may be raised in any 

 quantity from seeds. I dig it up and set it out in the 

 same manner that we do the thorn, and I understand 

 since my propagating it, that others have recommended 

 it. A number of the plants I have mentioned would 

 thrive very well in a variety of soils, where the thorn 

 would not answer any good purpose, and it must always 

 be of consequence to choose plants suitable to the dif- 

 ferent soils on our farms. 



Thy respectful friend. 



Paul Cooper. 

 Dr. James Mease, 



