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five miles from Augusta ; and the only other I met with, in a 

 long circuit, was a well-conducted farm belonging to a gentle- 

 man, a native of France; and this I more readily notice, because 

 it was here I first saw a live American fence, and this composed 

 entirely of i?6sa multiflora. Neither at Milledgeville nor Ma- 

 con, is there a garden worth notice. Colonel Crowell is pre- 

 paring a garden for the culture of the vine, and for making 

 experiments on the sugar-cane, to ascertain whether it will 

 succeed so far north as the 33d degree of latitude. The natural 

 and local advantages of those countries are greatly neglected 

 by the inhabitants ; for such is the favourableness of soil and 

 climate, that even the exertions of the sluggard would be re- 

 warded. 



<" If America is destitute of the objects of artificial gardening, 

 she is rich in natural ones. Her Flora may compare with that 

 of any other quarter of the world. Mr. Goldie's paper (Vol. II. 

 p. 129.) on American plants is interesting, but there are several 

 beautiful natives which have escaped him. A few of these are 

 ^subjoined. The soil on which they are naturally found, is sand 

 and decayed vegetable matter ; a free sandy loam, mixed with 

 vegetable mould and a portion of sand, is a proper artificial 

 compost; a shady situation is also necessary. 



A'cev rubrum, alluv. s. 

 ^'cer dasycarpum, alluv. s. 

 j^^cer saccharinum, alluv. s. 

 J^cer nigrum, alluv. s. 

 A'cer Negundo, alluv. s. 

 iE'sculus Pavza, var, s. 

 ./E'sculus discolor, var. s. 

 'tE'scuIus flava, var. s. 

 \/^'sculus macrostachya, alluv. s. 

 . Andromeda angustifolia, marshy s. 

 Andromeda nitida, marshy s. 

 Andromeda axillaris, marshy s. 

 Andromeda acuminata, marshy s. 

 Andromeda floribunda, marshy s. 

 Andromeda rigida, hills, 

 Andromeda ferruginea, hills. 

 Andromeda frondosa, hills. 

 Andromeda arborea, hills. 

 Andromeda racemosa, hills. 

 Quercus Phallos, hills. 

 Qu6'cus cinerea, hills. 

 Quercus virens, alluv. s. 

 i^hododendron maximum, alluv. s. 

 iihododdndron punctatum, alluv. s. 

 iJhododendron catawbi^nse, hills. 

 Faccinium Myrsinites, hills. 

 Faccinium arboreum, hills. 

 Faccinium stamineum, hills. 

 Faccinium ten^ilum, hills. 



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Faccinium dumosum, hills. 

 Faccinium frondosura, alluv. s. 

 Faccinium fuscatum, marshy s. 

 Faccinium galezans, alluv. s. 

 Faccfnium corymbosum, marshy s, 

 Azalea calenduiacea, alluv. s. 

 Azalea viscosa, alluv. s. 

 Azalea nudiflora, alluv. s. 

 Azalea canescens, alluv. s. ^ 

 Azalea blcolor, hills. 

 Azalea pontica, hills. 

 Bignonz'a capreolata, hills. 

 Bignonia radicans, alluv. s. 

 Calycanthus florida, alluv. s. 

 Catdlpa syringi^bWa, alluv. s. 

 Cercis canadensis, alluv. s. 

 Cratae'gus virginica, hills. 

 Cratae^gus coccinea, var. s. 

 Cupressus disticha, var. s. 

 Cupr&sus Ayoides, var. s. 

 Gelsemium sempervirens, alluv. s. 

 Gordonia lasianthus, alluv. s. 

 Halesm tetraptera, alluv. s. 

 Halesfa diptera, alluv. s. 

 iJiibus villosus, alluv. s. 

 i?ubus cuneifolius, hills. 

 i?ubus occidentalis, hills. 

 i?ubus trivialis, var. s. 

 Fids rotundifolia, hills. 



