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year under another. But the Dantzic corn trade hath been long 

 left off, and instead of buying, we annually sell to our neighbors. 

 As often as I survey my garden and plantations, it reminds me 

 of my absent friends by their living donations. See there, my 

 honorable friend, Governor Colden : how thrifty they look. Sir, 

 I see nothing but two fine trees, a Spruce and a Larch. That is 

 true, but they are his representatives. But see, close by, how 

 my Lord Northumberland aspires in that curious Fir from Mount 

 Ida : look yonder at the late benevolent Duke of Richmond ; 

 his everlasting Cedars of Lebanon will endure when you and I 

 and he are forgot : see with what vigor they tower away, how 

 their stems enlarge, and their branches extend. But pray what 

 are those Pines ? Novelties rarely seen ; that elegant one with 

 five leaves is the Cembro Pine from Siberia : the other tall tree 

 is the very long-leaved Pine of ten or twelve inches from South. 

 Carolina ; they stand mementos of my generous friend, the late 

 Duke of Argyle. That gentle tree, so like a Cypress, looks un- 

 common : that is the Lycian Cedar; the seed was given me by 

 Sir Charles Wager, first Lord of the Admiralty, gathered in the 

 Isle of Ivica, in his voyage to convey Don Carlos (the now king 

 of Spain) to Naples. But those Balm Gilead firs grow at a sur- 

 prising rate, it is pleasant to see : they renew a concern for my 

 dear friend, Lord Petre ; they came young from his nurseries, 

 with all the species of Virginia Pines and Cedars. That Fir that 

 grows near them is remarkable for its bluish-green ; that was a 

 present from my worthy friend, Sir Harry Trelawny : it is called 

 the Black Spruce, he had it from Newfoundland ; it grows de- 

 lightfully. Regard the variety of trees and shrubs in this plan- 

 tation, as Mountain Magnolia, Sarsifax, Rhododendrons, Kalmias, 

 and Azaleas, &c. &c. : all are the bounty of my curious botanic 

 friend, J. Bartram of Philadelphia. And for these pretty Fringe 

 trees, Halesias, and Stuartia, all great beauties, I must thank my 

 friend John Clayton, the great botanist of America. How fra- 

 grant that Allspice ; how charming the Red-flowering Acacia, 

 the great Laurel-leafed Magnolia, Umbrella Magnolia, and Lob- 

 lolly Bay : these charming trees are the glory of my garden, and 

 the trophies of that friendship that subsists between me and my 

 very obliged friend, J. Lambol, Esq. of South Carolina. 



Thus gratitude prompts me to celebrate the memory of my 

 friends, amongst whom you have long claimed the respect and 

 esteem of yours sincerely, P- Collinson. 



