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this eal as early as 1732,! in fact too fully about the ‘Plant 
Palm ” The description runs as follows: 
‘ Ba Im grows not only between the Tropicks, but is 
found further North ee n any other. In Bermudas? its leaves 
perceive the to grow an inch in height, nor even to make the 
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these Isla nds stein dine with infinite numbers of them of all 
Palms grow to their ‘ibual stature, which is about 40 feet high, 
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ducing branches of berries, like those of the trees. In New 
England eae grow Halse pouas one rebel spreading on the 
ground. n the same plant has 
the cause a ce serie thought cferen species, though 
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e reference a a palm growing wild; in New England is 
fantastic. ow esby got the idea or the information to 
lead him to write a a statement is a mystery. 
Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas, for four years; the results appearing in 
his sumptuous ‘Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama 
published in 1x numbers (1730-48), and completed only shortly 
before his death, which occurred in London, 23 December, 1749. His col- 
lections are represented in the Sherard herbarium at Oxford and the Sloane 
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1 Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.—X 
2 The Bermuda plant was later din incuched as Sabal preenen a 
