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at any rate moisture. Mr. Bartram tried for upwards of forty years to 

 raise it from seed, and always was unsuccessful till tliis season, when lie 

 had the gratification of transplanting an abundance of them in small 

 boxes two days before he died. I have got a small box containing about 

 twelve plants on condition that half should be given to Mr. George 

 Loddiges. Some fine specimens of Magnolia — .species auriculata,^ cordata, 

 macrophylla, tripetala, grandiflora but quite in miniature to the fine speci- 

 mens in England. I have not seen any like those in Chelsea Botanical 

 Gardens or at Kew. Two Eoses from Missouri, only a plant of each — ^I 

 wish they were propagated : perfectly hardy. Sagittaria sagiUifolia flore 

 plena, I recollect being told of it by Mr. Loddiges when I was at 

 Hackney a few days before leaving London. I could not get any of the 

 tubers of the root : otherwise useless. On our way through the wood got 

 three species of Oaks on rocky soil. Mr. Nuttall showed me Asplenium 

 rhizophyllum ^ on a rock on our way home, four miles from Philadelphia. 

 Called on Messrs. Landreth : obtained the trees with two species of Phlox 

 from Georgia (Mr. Fraser), also roses Champneya, Cherokee, and two others. 

 Got two fruits of Madura and I shall put them with the other one : I shall 

 pack in charcoal. Mr. Landreth expresses himself happy to do anything in 

 his power for the Society. He is an acquaintance of Mr. Richard Williams, 

 Turnham Green, to whom I am cordially to remember him. Got to town 

 by 10 o'clock at night : put away seeds, &o. 



Tuesday, November ith and 5th.— In the morning went to Mr. Dick's 

 and got up and packed and sent to the wharf. Mr. Dick has several 

 species of Cactus from the Rocky Mountains, but they were too small 

 to bear a voyage across the Atlantic. All the seeds of them were sown, 

 I am sorry to know that I cannot get any of Dionaea muscipula, Mr. Dick's 

 friend having died. Left Philadelphia at 12 o'clock and reached Burlington 

 at 4 in the afternoon. Went to William Coxe, Esq., whom I found stiU 

 very Ul — ^but considerably better, since I saw him before. North of his 

 house got two species of Euphorbia, those which I took in summer having 

 failed. Rhexia virginica, seeds. Rubus cuneifolius, a handsome plant, 

 fruit large and has a fine flavour, produces fruit in great abundance ; I 

 am of opinion that it may prove good when cultivated. One other species, 

 larger leaves and serrated, fruit red, hard, and dry even when ripe; 

 a stronger growing plant than cuneifolius. A third species, small, 

 creeping : I did not see any fruit on it. All these were on dry light 

 loam, and poor Mr. Coxe observes that they bear better fruit in that 

 soil than in rich. Monarda punctata on dry light sandy soil : this, 

 although a common species, is a fine one : got seeds. On sandy soil 

 Quercus ferruginea,' small tree about 30 feet high, a singular and beautiful 

 specimen. Obtained of Mr. Coxe one plant of Pennsylvanian rose, 

 double ; originated in that State, which is all the history I could get. 

 Two species of Phlox from the Southern States: one is the largest 

 flowered specimen which I have seen, of a deep rose colour, about 2J feet 



1 Magnolia Fraseri, S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. N. Am. Bot. p. 29. 

 ' Camposorus rhizophyllus, Christensen, Ind. Fil. p. 166. 

 ' Q. marylandica, Sargent, Silva N. Am. viii. p. 161. 



