\\ not; th before be faid-,. that in^fo^ntahy/ 

 ceniturie^ thefe pUnts hftd; at Uft contraftedj 

 2^ktihit of Goming up verylatej. atid tshat- it- 

 would now r^uire a great fp3£e of time to! 

 makp them lofe this. habit, and ufe themtoi 

 ^uickeji their growth ? 



September the 24.th. We employed this) 

 whole day in gathering the feeds of piantsi 

 of all kinds, and ia putting fcarce plantss 

 into the: herbal. 



September the 2 5th . Mr. Heffelius raad*^) 

 me a prefent of; a little piece of petrifiedl 

 wood, which was found in the ground herc^. 

 I^ was four inches long, , one inch broad}, 

 and three lines thick. It might plainly be: 

 Uen that it had formerly been wood. For. 

 in the places where it had been: polifljied*;! 

 all the longitudinal fibres wereeafily diftin^ 

 guifliable, fo that it might have been taken 

 for a piece of oak which was cut fmooth. 

 My piece was part of a (till greater piece; 

 It was here thought to be petrified hiccory. 

 I afterwards got more of it from other peo- 

 plci Mr. JLewis £^'tfffJ toldme that on. the 

 boundaries of Virginia, z greats petrified 

 block of hiccory had beeo found in the 

 ground, with the; bark.oa.it, whicli was 

 likewife petrified. 



Mr. "John Bar tram is an Englijkmarii 

 who lives in the eountry about four miles 



from 



