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Estate} a similar disposition, the eonveniency of this 

 situation to the Sea Port of nor folk, and its advantages 

 of interior conaunieation would render it a iBoet eligible 

 Spot fox asking a collection; ant I as posititlve an 

 inclination of the proprietor would not be wanting to Five 

 every possible aid. ^ fc 



Open the same iiiver about one hundred miles further 

 up tne country fhomas Randolph Ssquire of Varina who was 

 educated in Scotland and is married to a laughter of My. 

 •leryerson jthe late Minister in France) is said to have paid 

 ma attention to this Study; and his situation is very 

 favorable to it. 



In linwiddie County in Virginia loot- . Jaises 

 fereenway (a Correspondent of Linnaens'sJ has ?ery con- 

 siderable collection of preserve plants, according to the 

 ^innaean fcethod; and as his Country residence is very 

 favorable I dare say his Sard en's contain many things worth 

 'ioe. 



In a"orth Carolina where the Feild of Bottany is 

 vor.- copious particui&xl- in the Family of t v 

 and other medical plants* the varieties of 4nsiIiv©S 

 abundant epeeiea oi the Saurus, ^gnoliou, And evor Greens 

 of various kinds, i think it would be easy to call the 

 attention of practicin g gh:/sicii>ns to the subject: - I do 

 not reccolect any collection in this way either public or 

 so. or any Centleman whose turn h* s Leal hi® to this 

 y. I will not however aegleot to notice one on *he 

 forcers of south Carolina upon the Hivei Pee Bee 8*zteraJ 

 Henry Ulliaa marring ton a Gentleman of liberal Bdueatlos, 

 a great farmer, &xx^ possessed of an and inclination 

 which wants nothing but a request to render every Service 



Loh those parts afford towards an accumulation to be wished 

 for by every /reind of Science « Humanity. 



10 A * Charleston in South Carolina I believe the hardens 



of a iir. Watson in the Suburbs of the City contain most 

 procuctions of that Ciij.ate; at least they are said to be the 

 best repository for Collections of native productions intended 

 for exrortation. 



orgia their appears to be so groat a similarity 

 to the productions of Florida that It re Kay not be an ' 

 objsot to trouble the inatry. 



In .ore mountainous parte of the Country I should 

 suppose the ; ar ray Ian establishments in Bortfa Caroline would 

 be the best Centre for Collections; anr. I an persuaded that 

 the Attention of that Society would be chearfully employ' d, 

 particularly of Xraugotte Bagge Squire their i:«r ohant who is 

 a great Philanthropist and has considerable influence in all 

 their i'owne. 



