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means of obtaining this defirable objed, will 
be by a proper attention and application to 
Horticulture and Botany. In this view, the 
following conliderations more particularly 
prefent themfelves. 
I. The introduction and cultivation of foreign 
ufeful and valuable plants . Our extent of ter- 
ritory, our diverfity of Climate, of Soil, and 
of Stuation, leaves not a doubt but that we 
might introduce and cultivate to advantage, 
many of the fame articles, whofe importation 
at this time, is to us, a conliderable expence. 
The The a viridis Sc bohea , the true green and 
bohea Tea plant, formerly accounted different 
Ipecies, but now known to be the fame, and 
one of the greateft drainers of our wealth; 
may be procured either from its native place 
of growth, or from Europe where it has be- 
come pretty common ; and we have every rea- 
fon to believe, from its being the fpontaneous 
produce of the fame parallel of latitude, and 
from other conliderations refpeding its na- 
tural hiftory, that it might thrive well in our 
Southern .States . In this fame view the Vine, 
the Almond Tree, Fig Tree, Liquorice, Mad- 
der and Rhubarb, defervedly require our atten- 
tion. Many other * foreign ufeful plants 
might be enumerated, and the advantages 
that may be derived to this Commonwealth 
from their introduction, encreafe and culture, 
mull appear fufficiently obvious. 
* See Tranfa&iohs of the American Philofophical Society, 
Vol. I. Page 155, 
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