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upon the very Threfhoid). Such are the Superdi- 
tions of thefe ignorant People. 
Aureliana Canadenfis. R. T. Lafiteau. The 
G inf eng, or Ninfn of the Chine fe. 
Ginfeng is the Root of a Plant of the higheft 
Edeem with the Chine fe for its medicinal Virtues; 
and many Volumes have been wrote by their mod 
celebrated Phyficians, to illuftrate its wonderful Ef- 
fects. Tho mod of the Writers of China take no- 
tice of^ the Ginfeng , yet it was little known, till 
Father Jartoux, a Jefuit and Midi on ary in China y 
who being employed by Order of the Emperor of 
China in making a Map of Tartary in the Year 
1709. had an Opportunity of feeing it growing on 
the Confines of the Kingdom of Corea. That Fa- 
ther took an Opportunity to make a Draught of the 
Plant, and give an accurate Defcription thereof; 
which being publifhed in the Memoirs of the Aca- 
demy of Sciences at Tar is , gave Light to the Difco- 
very of the fame Plant in Canada and Tcnjtlvania ; 
from which lad Place it was fent to Mr. Collinfon , 
in whofe curious Garden at Teckham it has the pre- 
ceding-, and alfo this Year 1 746, produced its Blod'oms 
and Berries, as it appears in the Figure here exhi- 
bited, and agrees fo exadly to the Fathers Defcrip- 
tion of the Chinefe Ginfeng , that no Doubt can be 
made of its being the very Species he deferibes. 
But as the Jefuit s Account is too long to be inferted 
the Author has only given an Abdrad of it, and 
added to his Figure the Blodoms which the Father 
owns he never faw. 
This concludes the whole Number of Birds ex- 
hibited in both Volumes, containing in all 
4 113 
