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Retrospective Criticism. 



Alluv. s. 



Alluv. s. 



Hills (!) 

 Hills (! !) 



Alluv. s. 



Alluv. s. 

 .Alluv. s. 

 Hills 



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low grounds. 



Lonicera sempervirens. This beautiful plant grows very abun- 

 dantly in rich, light, dry soils, on the banks of running streams. 

 Magnolia grandiflora. Of all the trees in the American forest, 

 this superb tree, for beauty and magnificence, claims the supe- 

 riority. What can be more beautiful than to see it 70 and 80 ft. 

 high, with its regular pyramidal or semi-elliptical head, beauti- 

 ful foliage, and flowers in such profusion. I do not consider it 

 particular as to soil, having found it in the very richest and 

 poorest, with their intermediate grades. 

 Magnolia glauca. In alluvial deposits of the richest quality. 



acuminata. , This species prevails most in the mountainous 



districts, in a rich loam, 

 tripetala. Abundant in every part of the southern states 



through which I passed, soil similar to grandiflora. 

 macrophylla. I did not meet with. 



cordata. Also escaped my observation ; but I understood it 

 abounds in some parts of Georgia and Alabama. 

 O v lea americana. This beautiful tree grows in rich light soils, 

 within fifty miles of the sea coast in the state of Georgia. I 

 thought I had found it on the banks of the Chatakootchie, 300 

 miles from the coast, but Dr. Wray assured me it never had 

 been found there ; and the probability is I was mistaken, as it 

 was not at the time in flower. 

 Prunus caroliniana. Margin of rivers, in rich light soils, 

 virginica. Very rich soils, 

 hirsuta. Moderately rich soils, 

 umbellata. Dry sandy soils, 

 chicasa. In dry cultivated lands. 

 Quercus Phellos. Generally in swamps, 

 cinerea. On sandy barren grounds, 

 virens. Along the coast, in rich soils. 



These three species are very different in their site and 

 soil. The remaining species of this genus that I met 

 with generally thrive best in rich soils. So tenacious 

 are they of good land, that the settler regards them as 

 the best criterion (except the vine) to direct his judgment 

 respecting the fertility or sterility of the soil. 

 .Rhododendron maximum. On the margin of mountain streams, 

 punctatum. Margin of stagnant waters. 



Only on the summit of the highest mountains. 

 In damp soils. 

 Light dry soils. 

 In rocky soils, 

 trivialis. In soils, wet, dry, rich, and poor. 

 C7'lmus americana. In rich soils, near to swamps or marshy 

 ground, 

 fulva. In rich fertile soils, 

 alata. In rich soils, on the margin of swamps, 

 raccinium .Myrsinitis. In sandy soils, 

 arboreum. "j 



stamineum. J- In fertile dry situations, 

 dumosum. J 



, v ' 1- In soils of a stiff close texture. 



galezans. j 



corymbosum 1 T 



o v* , y In swamps. 



ruscatum. J r 



tenellum. In a dry gravelly soil. 



catawbiense 

 iJubus villosus. 

 cuneifolius. 

 occidentalis, 



