^6o 'November 1748. 



November the 27th. The American ever- 

 greens are 



1 . Ilex Aquifoliumj holly. 



2. Kalmia latifolia, the fpoon tree. 



3. Kalmia anguftHoliay anotherfpecies of it. 



4. Magnolia glauca, the beaver tree. 

 The young trees of this kind only keep 

 their leaves, the others drop them. 



5. Vifcum alburn^ or mifletoe j this com- 

 monly grows upon the Nyjfa aquatica, or 

 tupelo tree, upon the Liqmdamhar fiyraci- 



Jlua, or fweet gum tree, the oak and lime 

 tree, fo that their whole fummits were fre- 

 quently quite green in winter. 



6. Myj'ica cerifera, or the candleberry 

 tree ; of this however only fome of the 

 youngeft fhrubs preferve fome leaves, but 

 mofl of them had already loft them. 



7. Pinus AbieSi the pine. 



8. Pinus fylvejlr is t the fir. 



9. Ciiprejjus thyoidesy the white cedar, 

 i o. yuniperus Virginiana, the red cedar. 

 Several oaks and other trees dropt 



their leaves here in winter, which however 

 keep them ever green, a little more to the 

 fouth, and in Carolina. 



November the 30th. It has been ob- 

 ferved, that the Europeans in North Ame^ 

 ricay whether they were born in Sweden, 



England, 



