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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Robinia pseudacacia of the tributaries of the Mississippi, from the Alleghanies Westward. The 

 American locust, a tree known to the natives from early times, and perhaps in some instances 

 planted by them : — Strachey on James river met with a " kind of low tree " bearing a " cod-like pease," 



dyeing; observed by myself from Lat. 40 along the Atlantic, but full "thirty miles " from the sea, as 

 remarked by Elliot in Carolina; is known to grow in Virginia 'A. Gray) ; was observed by Walter, 

 and Michaux, in Carolina ; by Chapman, in "dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina ; " by Nut- 

 tall in Arkansas ; and according to A. Gray, grows in "dry woods, Michigan to Wisconsin." From 

 transported specimens, is described by Morison iii. 11. 28. 4, and J. F. Gmelin syst. ii. 315. 



Carya amara of Northeast America. The bitter-nut hickory known to the natives from early 

 times: — a kind of "walnutt" with "fruit little, thin-shelled, and the kernel bitter," was seen by 

 Strachey on James river: C. amara, by myself from the Merrimack Westward; by F. A. Michaux 

 from 45° in Vermont throughout Ohio and Illinois ; by A. Gray, "common" (in central New York) ; 

 by Pursh, from New England to Maryland and the Alleghanies ; by Elliot, in South Carolina ; by 

 Chapman, in "Florida, and northward;" by Darby, on Pearl river in Louisiana; and by Nuttall, on 

 the Arkansas. 



Carya tomentosa of Northeast America. The hickory, known to the natives from early times : 

 — "walnut" growing on the Hudson and "good for fuel," is enumerated by the remonstrants against 

 Stuyvesant: C. tomentosa was observed by F. A. Michaux from Lat. 43 on the Atlantic throughout 

 Kentucky and Tennessee to Upper Carolina and Georgia ; by myself, to 39° ; by Pursh, in Virginia ; 

 by Croom, near Newlx-rn ; by Elliot, in South Carolina; by Chapman, in " rich soil, Florida, and 

 northward ; " by Darby 17S, at 31° on Pearl river in Louisiana ; by Nuttall on the Arkansas ; and by 

 Baldwin, as far as 39 on the Missouri. 



Carya alba of Northeast America. The shell-baik hickory, a tree with scaling bark, its nuts 

 eaten by the natives, and oil obtained from them to season their aliments — (F. A. Mx.) : "two kinds 

 of nuts that will yield oil," were seen by Hariot on the Roanoke (De Bry i.) ; a kind of "walnutt" 

 with hard shell, meat sweet, of which the Indians make oil, was seen by Strachey on James river: 

 C. alba was observed by F. A. Michaux from 43 on the Atlantic throughout the Ohio States to South 

 Carolina; by myself, from 43 to 39°; by Michaux, in Lower Virginia; by Schweinitz, at 36° ; by 

 Elliot, in the upper country of Carolina; by Chapman, "in the upp"er districts, Georgia, and north- 

 ward ; " by Short, in Kentucky ; and by Nuttall, on the Arkansas. Notwithstanding the demand for 

 its nuts, its cultivation does not appear to have been attempted. 



Carya sulcata of Northeast America. The hard-nut hickory, its bark also scaling, and its nuts 

 eaten by the natives from early times : — is perhaps one of the " two kinds " of oil-yielding nuts seen by 

 Hariot on the Roanoke (De Bry i.) : a third kind of " walnutt," as the last, exceeding hard shell and 

 passing sweet kernel, was seen by Strachey on James river • C sulcata, by F. A. Michaux from Lat 

 40 rare along the Atlantic, throughout the Ohio States ; by Pursh, on the Alleghanies ; by Croom 

 around Newbern ; by Elliot, rare in the low country of Carolina; and according to A Gray grows 

 in " rich woods, Pennsylvania to Illinois and Kentucky, nuts nearly as sweet as in the last " 



Carya glabra of Northeast America. The pignut huk,„r, 'known to the natives from early 

 times: -included doubtless in the "walnut of different sizes in great abundance " on the Hudson 

 mentioned by the remonstrants against Stmvesant: "smalnuts " were seen by Higgeson near Salem \ 

 walnut the nuts "smooth "and "some three-cornered, all of them but thinly replenished with 

 kernels, by Josselyn m Eastern New England : C. glabra, by myself from the Saco and Lat. 46° 

 near Montreal Westward and Southward; by F. A. Michaux, from 43° on the Atlantic to Georgia 

 and throughout the Ohio States ; by Pursh, in Virginia ; by Croom, around Newbern ; by Elliot, in 

 South Carolina ; by Chapman, in "woods, Florida, and northward ;" by Darby, in Louisiana North 

 of 31 ; by Nuttall, on the Arkansas ; by Baldwin, at 39 ° on the Missouri ; its wood according to 

 A. Gray very tough and valuable," and its "exceedingly tough sprouts used as hnkory withes." 



lolygala senega of Northeast America. The seucca snakeroot, called by the natives •• senega," 

 and from early times the root used against the bite of the rattle-snake - (Kalm trav. iii. s, and Forst. 

 cat.) : P. senega rs known to grow from the border of New England (A. Gray) Westward and South- 

 ward ; was rece.ved by Hooker from the Saskatchewan Lat. 50° ; by A. Gray, from Wisconsin ; was 

 observed by Short in Kentucky; by Pursh, in Canada and on the Alleghanies ; by Conrad, at 40° on 

 the Delaware; by Schweinitz, at 36°; by Elliot, on the Alleghanies of Carolina; and according to 

 Chapman, grows m Tennessee. From transported specimens, is described by Linnaeus 



Apios tuberosa of Northeast America. A Leguminous vine called by the natives " hopnis » 

 (Forst. cat), and its tubers eaten from early times : -the " openawk," round roots strung together, 

 some as large or larger than a walnut, growing in marshy places and good for food when cooked, were 



