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Roots of the Blue Grass, or Sward

A Collection of Mosses and Coralines [corallines]

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

A remarkable large Turnip, weighing 80lbs. which grew in North-Carolina the last season

A handsome Specimen of Antipathis, or Sea Weed

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

Two stalks of Indian corn sixteen feet in height

A singular Squash

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

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

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

Dittany, or Mountain Tea, used by the Hunters

Silk grass, Cabbage seed & Nut

A large Acorn, from Virginia

Areeka [areca] or Beetel Nuts, deprived of the outer covering