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An Ear, Grains & the Straw of Egyptian Wheat

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

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Fruit of the wild Tamarind, from the West-Indies

Arrica [areca] Nuts from Batavia

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

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

An Oak Leaf, from an Island in Lock Catherine [Loch Katrine] Scotland

Seed, of the Mama Apple, from Laguira [La Guira, Cuba?]

A large Acorn, from Virginia

Root of an unknown shrub, used at Manila as a substitute for soap

2 species of the small cocoanut, from the Spanish Maine

A small Cocoa nut taken out of an Elephants Tusk by the donor

A cluster of Pitch Pine, Burs [burls?] about 33 in number

Sample of the Coffee which grows wild in the mountains of Lucania [Lucena, Philippines]

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Seeds of the Mahogany-Tree, inclosed in its shells