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very tall. These trees always grow in wet places and usually in 
the shallow parts of rivers and in swamps.” 
6!: 62. “Acer virginianum, large leaves, silvery beneath, 
strongly shining above. The Red Flowering Maple. These trees 
grow to a considerable height, but their truncs are not very 
large.” 
61: 67. “Nux Juglans nigra Virginiensis Park. The Black 
walnut. Most parts of the Northern Continent of America 
abound with these trees, particularly Virginia and Maryland, 
toward the Heads of the Rivers where in rich low Land they 
grow in great Plenty and to a vast size.” 
6!: 63. “Amelanchier virginiana .... The fringe tree. On 
banks of Rivulets and running Streams this Shrub is most com- 
monly found.” 
6: 65. “Liquid-Amber Tree. The Sweet Gum Tree.” 
6?: 76. ‘‘Guajacona. These trees grow plentifully in Caro- 
lina, Virginia and most of the Northern Colonies in America.” 
(Evidently persimmon.) 
6: XXII. “There are in Carolina, four kinds of Pine trees 
which are there distinguished by the names of Pitch Pine, Rich 
land Pine, Short leav’d Pine, Swamp Pine. The Pitch Pine is the 
largest of all the Pine trees and mounts to greater height than 
any of them . . . . These trees grow mostly on the poorest land. 
The Rich land Pine is not so large a tree;... they grow In 
better land than the Pitch Pine. The Short leav’d Pine is usu- 
ally a small tree with short leaves and small cones. It delights in 
middling land and usually grow mixed with oaks. Swamp Pine 
grows on barren wet land; they are generally tall and large . ie 
There is also in Carolina a fir which is called Spruce-Pine. 
7:11. “There is near Cumberland and within ten or twelve 
miles of the river (Potomac) a tract of country that abounds 
with very large white pine trees, suitable for masts of ships; 
some of these trees are from five to six feet in diametre and run 
Up one hundred feet without a branch.” 
. 8:16. “The woods for the most part are free from under- 
Wood, so that a man may travel on horsebacke, almost any- 
where, or hunt for his recreation.” ‘ 
8:18. “The timber of these parts is very good and in 
aboundance . . . ; the white Oake is good Mae P pe praves, Pe 
ted Oake for wainsot. There is also Walnut, Cedar, Pine, and 
Cypresse, Chestnut, Elme, Ashe, and Poplar, all of which are 
