226 CHAPTER 44. 
Catesby etched all the figures hlmfclf^ 
from his own paintings, and the coloured 
copies were at firft done under his own in- 
Ipeftion, and wherever it was poffible, every 
fubjed in its natural fize, this work was 
the moft fplendid of its kind that England 
had ever produced. I do not know that it 
had 
well as Negroes. Marfh Cuftard Apple, Annona palujiris, 
Indian Pink, Spigelia marilandica^ of the fhops. Rice 
Plant, Ory%a fativa. Netted Cuftard Apple, Annona re- 
ticulata. Wild Fine, or Tillandfia polyjlachia ; a parafiti- 
cal plant, remarkable for holding a large quantity of wa- 
ter in the hollow of the leaves. Mangrove Grape- tree, 
Coccoloha uvifera. Cacao, or Chocolate- tree, Theobroma 
Cacao, Vanelloe, Epidendrum vanilla, Cafliew Nut, 
Anacardium occidentale, Ginfeng, Panax quinquefolium 
the famous Ninfin of the Chinefe. 
II. Of fuch as more immediately refpeci: the common 
conveniences of life, are, The Cyprefs of America^ Cuprejfus 
diftkha ; the talleft and largeft of the Ainerican trees, 9 
or 10 feet in diameter at the ground, and 60 or 70 high, 
affording a light but excellent timber. The purple Bind- 
weed of Carolina^ faid to be one of the plants the Indians 
ufe to guard againft the venom of the Rattlefnake. The 
water Tupelo, Ny^ aquatica ; the root fupplies the place 
of corks. The Red Bay, Laurus Borbo7na ; the wood 
excellent for cabinets, and beautiful as fattin-wood* 
Candle-berry Myrtle, Myrica cerifera ; the green wax 
boiled 
