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whortleberries. The bark was a line in 

 thicknefs. This tree likewife grows in 

 marfhes, or in fwampy fields, where a{h 

 and red maple commonly grow. They are 

 frequently as tall and thick, as the befl: of 

 our fir trees. The feed flays on them till 

 fpring, but in the middle of ^pril the pods 

 open and fhed the feeds. Query, Whether 

 they are not ripe before that time, and 

 confequently fooner fit for fowing ? This 

 American maple is remarkable for its quick 

 growth, in which it exceeds all other trees. 

 There are fuch numbers of them on the 

 low meadows between Philadelphia and the 

 ferry at Gloucejier, on both fides of the 

 road, that in fummer time you go as it 

 were through a fhady walk. In that part 

 of Philadelphia which is near the Swedijh 

 church, fome great trees of this kind ftand 

 on the fhore of the river. In the year 1750, 

 on the 15th. oi May I faw the buds ftill on 

 them, and in the year 1749 they began to 

 flower on the eighth of that month. Several 

 trees of this fort are planted at Chelfea near 

 Londoriy and they now in point of height 

 vie with the talleft oak. 



.S^/^^^/^i^^r the i8th. In the morning I 

 went with the Swedijh painter, Mr. He£e' 

 lius, to the country feat of Mr. Bartram, 

 which is about four Englijh miles to the 



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