NORTH AMERICA. 
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rieties, Viburnum, Azalea, Rhus vernix, Frinos,- 
warieties, Fothergilla, and a new fhrub of great 
beauty and Angularity ; it grows eredr, feven or 
eight feet high j a multitude of eredt Hems ariie 
from its root j thefe divide themfelves into aieend- 
ant branches, which are garnifhed with abundance 
of narrow lanceolate obtufe pointed leaves, of a 
light green, fmooth and fhming. Thefe branches, 
with their many fubdivifions, terminate in fimple 
racemes of pale incarnate flowers, which make a 
fine appearance among the leaves ; the flowers are 
fucceeded by deficcated triquetrous pericarp!, each 
containing a Angle kernel. 
The low e if Odes of thefe favannas are generally 
joined by a great cane fwamp, varied with coppices 
and hom mocks of the various trees and fhrubs al- 
ready mentioned. In thefe fwamps feveral rivulets 
take their rife, which drain them and the adjoining 
favannas, and thence meandering to the rivers 
through the forefts, with their banks decorated 
with fhrubs and trees. The earth under this level 
plain may be defer ibed after the following manner : 
the upper fcrface, or vegetative mould, is a light 
fandy loam, generally nine inches or a foot deep, 
on a lira turn of cinereous coloured clay, except the 
fiand-hills, where the loofe fandy furface is much 
deeper upon the clay ; ftone of any fort, or gravel, 
is feldom feen. 
The next afeent, or flight, is of much greater 
and more abrupt elevation, and continues riling by 
broken ridges and narrow levels, or vales, for ten 
or fifteen miles, when we reft again on another 
extenfive nearly level plain of pine forefts, mixed 
with various other foreft trees, which continues 
well forty or fifty miles farther, and exhibits much 
the 
