250 'June 1749. 



Gleditjia triacanthos, the Honey -hcufi tree. 



Annona muricafa, the Papaw-tree. 



Celtis occidentalism the Nettle-tree. And 

 a number of fhrubs, which are never found 

 here. 



The more northerly fituation of the 

 place, the height of the Blue Mountains, 

 and the courfe of the rivers, which flow 

 here fouthward into the fea, and according- 

 ly carry the feeds of plants from north to 

 fouth, and not the contrary way, are chiefly 

 the caufes that feveral plants which grow in 

 Penfyhania cannot be found here. 



This afternoon I went to fee an ifland 

 which lies in the middle of the river, about 

 a mile below the town. This ifland is an 

 Eng/ifh mile long, and not above a quarter 

 of a mile broad. It is almofl entirely turn- 

 ed into corn -• fields ; and is inhabited by a 

 fingle planter, who, befides pofTemng this 

 ifland, is the owner of two more. Here 

 we faw no woods, except a few trees which 

 were left round the ifland on the more, and 

 formed as it were a tall and great hedge. 

 The Red Maple (Acer rubrum) grows in 

 abundance in feveral places. Its leaves 

 are white or filvery on the under fides, 

 and, when agitated by the wind, they 

 make the tree appear as if it was full of 

 white flowers. The Water-beech (Platanm 

 occidentalis) grows to a great height, and is 



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