33^ November 1748. 



a fpoon made of this wood by an Indian, 

 who has killed many flags and other ani- 

 mals on the very fpot where Philadelphia af- 

 terwards was built ', for in his time that 

 fpot was yet covered with trees and fhrubs. 

 The Engliih call this tree a Laurely becaufe 

 its leaves refemble thofe of the Laurocera- 

 fus. Dr. Linnceus, conformable to the pe- 

 culiar friendfhip and goodnefs which he has 

 always honoured me with, has been pleafed 

 to call this tree, Kalmia foliis ovatis , corym- 

 bis terminalibus, or Kalmia latifolia. It Suc- 

 ceeds beft on the fide of hills, efpecially on 

 the north fide, where a brook palles by 3 

 therefore on meeting with fome fteep places 

 (on hills) towards a brook, or with a fleep 

 fide of a hill towards a marfh, you are fure 

 to find the Kalmia, But it frequently flands 

 mixed among beech trees. The higher the 

 Kalmias ftand on the north fide of a moun- 

 tain, the lefs they grow : I have feen them 

 not only in Penfyhania and New Jerfey, 

 but even in New Torky but there they arc 

 more fcarce : I never found them beyond 

 the forty-fecond deg. of north lat. though I 

 took ever fo great care to look for them : 

 they have the quality of preferving their 

 fine green leaves throughout winter, fo 

 that when all other trees have lofl their 

 Grnam^ents, and fland quite naked, thefe 



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