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tions for a thorough exploration of Florida, in connection 

 with his friend Dr. Chapman, he was lost at sea, with his 

 wife and all his children, in the foundering of the ill-fated 

 " Home," between New York and Charleston. 



I have been told that two seedling Torreyas which Mr. 

 Croom planted near his house at Quincy, and which had 

 become stately trees, have recently been demolished by the 

 present proprietor ; also that a tree of Mr. Croom' s plant- 

 ing still flourishes in the grounds of the state-house at Talla- 



