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persimmons” (these may have been secured from Vir¬ 
ginia; they are native, but only to southern regions), 
“cornelian cherries, figs, several sorts of currants, 
gooseberries, calissiens, and thorn apples; and we do 
not doubt but the olive would thrive and be profitable, 
but we have them not.” Grapes were not yet estab¬ 
lished, however, as he felt they should be, evidently; 
for “Although the land is full of many kinds,” he 
writes, “we still want settings of the best kind from 
Germany for the purpose of enabling our wine plant¬ 
ers here to select the best kinds and propagate the 
same.” Every kind of fruit which has been intro¬ 
duced, however, he declares, thrives better than at 
home, “particularly such as require a warmer climate.” 
From the fruits he passes to the flowers. Of these 
there are “the white and red roses of different kinds, the 
cornelian roses and stock roses”; (may these last two 
not refer to Rosa canina —the dog rose—which has al¬ 
ways been much used as a “stock” for grafting upon? 
There is a possible connection in the term “cornelian,” 
this being the name applied to a cornel or dog wood— 
the cornelian cherry or Cornus Mas; possibly he used 
it in this sense to designate the dog rose) “and those 
of which were none before in the country, such as 
eglantine, several kinds of gilly-flowers, jenoffelins” 
(no one can even guess what these were), “different 
varieties of fine tulips, crown imperials, white lilies, 
