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nydus/Notes on the State of VirginiaPublic

Thomas Jefferson compiles these notes in response to inquiries from a foreign official regarding the geography and state of Virginia. The text provides detailed descriptions of the region's boundaries, dimensions, and physical landscape as understood in the late eighteenth century.

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Redbud^ or Judas-tree. Cercis Canadensis.

Holly. Ilex aquifolium.

Cockspur hawthorn. Crataegus coccifiea.

Spindle-tree. Euonymus Europ<^us.

Evergreen spindle-tree. Euonymus Americanus.

Itea Virginica.

Elder. Sambucus nigra. Papaw. Annona triloba.

Candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera. Dwarf laurel. Kalmia an''\ ^ -J TT 1 ' 1 \called ivy with us. Kalmia la- f -^ tifolia J Ivy. Hedera quinquefolia.

Trumpet honeysuckle. Lonicera sempervirens.

Upright honeysuckle. Azalea nudiflora.

Tellow jasmine. Bignonia sempervirens.

Calycanthus floridus. American aloe. Agave Virginica.

Sumach. Rhus . J^. species ?

Poke. Phytolacca decandra. Long moss. Tillandsia Usneoides, 4. Reed. Arundo phragmitis.

Virginia hemp. Acnida cannabina.

Flax, Linum Virginianum, Blacky or pitch-pine. Piiiiis tceda.

White pine. Pinus strobus.

T'ellow pine, Pinus Virginica, Spruce pi7ie. Pinus foliis singularihus, Clayton. Hemlock spruce Fir, Pinus Canadensis.

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