22 DOUGLAS' JOURNAL 



Friday, October Vlth. — ^When on my way up the country I was very 

 kindly used by Mrs. Ttomson and lier son, who is much attached to 

 mineralogy and painting. Mr. Thomson, Sen., was then at New York. 

 Mr. Thomson and son who are now at Boston, took me from the inn and 

 afforded me their house. In the afternoon General Lewis returned home. 



\Hh. — ^Mr. Thomson's estate is about 600 Enghsh acres of rich soil in 

 general, and about 200 acres of wood ; his fields are all divided by walls 

 four feet high. In clearing his ground he has left a few choice oaks, which 

 form a pleasing prospect and give the place an English appearance. He 

 has a fine garden and orchard ; the garden has a dry light soil. Only 

 peaches and small fruit ; they were in a fine state of health and not 

 afEected with disease, as is the case in most places. Fine kitchen vege- 

 tables: carrots very fine; beets, parsnip, and celery of the first quaUty. 

 An orchard very healthy, but in a young state. One fruit (an apple) Mr. 

 Thomson observed in his wood self-sown, and after being grafted proved 

 a fine fruit ; it is not a large one, but fine quality, something like Lady 

 Apple. I got two trees of it, one of Lady Apple, two Aesculus from 

 Ohio, and another tree (?) from Ohio. In his woods west from the house 

 grew Lycopodium dendroideum and complanatum, Pteris airopurpurea,^ 

 Polypodium ilvense " (?). I thought it to be Cheilanth.es vestita ; 1 rather 

 take it to be Polypodium. On this spot I observed Gerardia flava in flower, 

 but on examining it more closely it proved to be G. Pedicularia ; of the 

 former I took plants, and seeds of the latter. Of Pyrola maculata " and P- 

 umbellata * I also took plants. In the afternoon I packed my plants, got 

 on board the Chancellor Livingstone steamboat (which is celebrated for 

 magnitude and elegance), and after a passage of niae hours landed at 

 Newport at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning. 



New Yorh, Sunday, October 12th. — ^After getting to my lodging with 

 all that I cotdd carry of my little gleanings, I waited on Dr. Hosack 

 at 8 o'clock in the morning. After breakfast I called on Mr. Hogg, 

 arranged matters, &c., as to unpacking, went to dinner, and to church 

 in the afternoon. 



2Qth. — Employed getting the packages from the wharf to Mr. Hogg's, 

 and unpacldng the plants. 



Tuesday, 21st. — ^In the morning went to Flushing and made arrange- 

 ments with Mr. Prince as to taking up the trees ; returned in the evening. 



Wednesday, October 22nd. — ^Employed all day at Mr. Hogg's among 

 the plants, securing, &c. I feel very sorry to find the Eose from Amherst- 

 burg rubifolia.^ However, it is some consolation to see Lonicera in good 

 order, with the majority of everything. 



Thursday, October 2Srd. — To-day employed giving fresh paper to seeds 

 and specimens. Wrote a letter to Joseph Sabine, Esq. Called on Mr. 

 Thorburn for the purpose of getting ready his parcel. 



Friday, October 24:th. — To-day was devoted with Mr. Floy, who has all 



^ PeUaea cUropurpurea, Christensen, Ind. Fil. p. 478. 



' Woodsia ilvensis, Christensen, loc. cit., p. 656. 



^ Chimaphila maculata, A. Gray, Syn. PI. N. Am. ii. i. p. 45. 



* Chimaphila umbellata, A. Gray, he. cit., p. 45. 



' Bosa setigera var. tmnentosa, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 313. Cf. 

 Sept. 16th. 



