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Specimen of the fiber of Asclipias [Asclepias] Bombycina or Swallow wart, or Milk weed

Several Large gooseberrys, the growth of Mr. Z. Collins's garden, one of which weight 10 pennyweight 22 grains

Several specimens of the Fring'd Oak or Moss Acorn of Penna.

Water Melon, purchased in the Jersey market by the donor, said to be not fit to eat, until the Spring of the year

Misseltoe (Viscum Album) taken from a tree near the tomb of General Washington

Large growth of Oats, raised near the City, measuring 6 feet 3-1/2 in. high

A singular Squash

Dittany, or Mountain Tea, used by the Hunters

A handsome Specimen of Antipathis, or Sea Weed

A large Acorn, from Virginia

The plants commonly called "Bone Set" prepared in this form by the Shakers at Berwick, Pa.

Roots of the Blue Grass, or Sward

A leaf of the Beach [beech] from the sulphur Springs, Gene. [Genesee, N.Y.]

Two stalks of Indian corn sixteen feet in height

A Weed of the Sea called, Cape Ann [morring?]