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other ye leaves is hoary underside ye<br />
flower is very pretty thay was so oily and<br />
smelt so strong in gathering as caused a<br />
sickness at my stomach and head ache . . .<br />
Asimina triloba [Anona nuda - Papaw Apple]<br />
I. to England in 'm<strong>by</strong>llinson - early Bartram intro-<br />
duction<br />
Broadside Catalogue<br />
Peter Collinson to John Bartram March 14, 1736, Darlington<br />
Ne mo ri a1 s<br />
There is another plant that we want seed<br />
and specimens <strong>of</strong>, that is the Papaw. His<br />
Lordship has one plant <strong>of</strong> it, but they tell<br />
us such stories <strong>of</strong> its fruit, that we would<br />
be glad to see it; which may be easily done<br />
<strong>by</strong> gathering two or three bunches <strong>of</strong> its<br />
fruit, full ripe, and putting them into<br />
strong rum in a jar or pot, and corking it<br />
up close, will keep well there . .<br />
John Bartram to Peter Collinson (1738), Wildman Transcription<br />
I have provided ye flowers <strong>of</strong> the Papaw for<br />
him & shall endeavor to procure ye fruits<br />
. . . This day (near the Susquehana) I<br />
observed I believe a hundred Papaw Trees<br />
<strong>of</strong> different magnitudes some near 30 feet<br />
high and 8 inches diameter but I could not<br />
see one fruit but abundance <strong>of</strong> dried blossoms<br />
that was not dropped <strong>of</strong>f . . . indeed<br />
ye papaw will bear ye shade as well as most<br />
yet I believe overmuch shade may cause<br />
sterility . . .<br />
Berberis canadensis [Oxycantha canadensis - Canada Barberyl<br />
Broadside Catalogue<br />
Betula lenta [B. lenta - Red Birch]<br />
I. to England f759<br />
Broadside Catalogue<br />
Bartram's Description <strong>of</strong> Native Trees 1753, Wildman Tran-<br />
scriptions<br />
being tapped in ye spring produceth a fine<br />
wine which being evaporated maketh good<br />
syrup or sugar ye bark is black and does<br />
not shed <strong>of</strong>f as other Birches do<br />
-<br />
Betula nana [B. nana<br />
Broadside Catalogue<br />
- - Dwarf Birch]
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