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which I had raifed a few years before from feeds, 
which were fent by Mr. Catefby from Carolina. 
And altho’ this fhrub had not been reduced to any 
genus before, yet it had been fome years growing in 
the gardens of the Bifhop of London at Fulham, at 
Mr. Reynardfon’s at Hillenden, Mr. Darby’s at Hox- 
ton, and in the Chelfea garden, which were raifed 
from feeds fent by Mr. Banider from Virginia; two 
of which were growing at Chelfea in the year 1722, 
when the care of that Garden was intruded to me. 
The fird intimation I had of the American dirub 
being the fame with Dr. Kcempfer’s true varnidi-tree, 
was from the late Dr. William Sherard, in the year 
1726, when that gentleman defired me to bring him 
a fpecimen of the American Toxicodendron from the 
Chelfea garden ; which I accordingly did : and then 
the DoCtor, and Dr. Dillenius, compared it with a 
dried fpecimen in the collection of the former, which 
was gathered in Japan, and which, if I remember 
right, he told me he received from Dr. Koempfer 
fome years before. It appeared to thofe two gentle- 
men, that they were the fame ; and their fkill in the 
lcience of botany was never doubted. 
About a year after this, I carried a fpecimen of 
the American Toxicodendron to an annual meeting 
of fome botanids at Sir Hans Sloane’s in Bloomibury • 
where there were prefent Mr. Dale of Braintree, Mr. 
Jofeph Miller, Mr. Rand, and fome others ; which 
was then compared with Dr. Kcempfer’s fpecimen, 
whofe colle&ion Sir Hans Sloane had purchaibd : and 
it was the opinion of every one prefent, that they 
were the fame. Nor has any one doubted of their 
being fo, who has compared the American dirub 
with 
