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had been equalled on the continent, unlefs 
by that of Madam Merian, v/liich, hov/- 
ever, falls greatly fhort in extent. Seventy- 
two Plates of Catesey's work were copied 
by the Nuremberg artifts, and publifhed ia 
1750. His Obfervations on Carolina^ 
&c/' were feparatcly printed in folio, at the 
fame place^ in' 1767. 
Mr. 
boiled from the berries with one-fourth of talloV/, form 
candles which burn long, and yield a grateful fmell. 
Soap- wood, Sapindus faponaria ; the bark and leaves 
beaten in a mortar, produces a lather ufed as foap. Glau- 
cous Mimofa ; ufed as fattin-wood. Brafiletto wood, 
C^efalphna Brafilierifls ; a well-known dye. The Man- 
grove-tree, Rhlzophora Mangle-, forming almoll impene- 
trable woods, the receiTes of turtle, fiflies, and of young 
alligators. The fweet Gum-tree, Liqu'idamharfiyraciflua-y 
yielding a fragrant gum, like the Tolu Balfam ; the v/ood 
adapted to cabinet-making. Logwood, Hamatoxylon 
campeehianum. Mahogany- tree, Sivietenla Mahagoni, 
III, Of the ornamental kind, are, The Dogwood-treCj 
Cornus fiorida \ fmgular for the gradual growth of the 
petals, which, after the opening of the flower, expand 
from the breadth of a fixpence to that of a mean's hand. 
The fweet flowering Bay, Adagnolia glauca. The blue 
Trumpet-flower, Bignonia carulea. Loblolly Bay, GoV" 
don'ia Lafianthiis, C^r^/zW Ail-fplce, Calycanthus floridus. 
Tulip- tree, Lirlodcndron Tidipifera, Catalpa-tree, Bigno^ 
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