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municated by Dodor William Sherard, F. R. S. By 
both thefe accounts it is very plain, that this fpecies 
of Toxicodendron grows naturally in Virginia and 
New England, in as great plenty as Carolina, where 
all the fpecies are the moft common under- wood, in 
the lands which have not been cleared. 
I fhall only beg leave to add, that as thefe flirubs 
are fo very common in our northern colonies, and 
the Anacardium, or Calhew nut-tree, is alfo com- 
mon in our fouthern colonies of America ; it were 
to be wifhed, that the inhabitants of both would 
make fome experiments to colled this varnilh, which 
may not only produce much profit to themfelves, 
but alfo become a national advantage. 
I am, 
Chelfea, March SIR 
1755 - 
Your mofi: obedient 
humble fervant, 
Philip Miller. 
XXVIU. 
