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or Plants or Both I am happy to Say I have Raised in my own garden a Number of Plants of the Locust Tree from Some Seeds Gov King gave me I make no doubt but they will in time prove valuable to the Country I Remember having the Plants on Board the Porpoise by the Name of Carob but I left it at the Cape - the Hop Plant, is now in the Country in the Posession of Several Persons Colonel Patterson has some good thriving Plants and I have from him the promise of some to Cultivate. They were Raised from seed - of Timber Trees it would be I think an advantage to the Country to have all the Sorts Cultivated in England Sent out in particular the Pine and Englands Poplars as light woud [wood] is much wanted and Timber in time must become scarce unless Planted, indeed I doubt not but many things that do not at present Succeed will hereafter when the Colony gets more Maturity - I am happy to inform you Sir that my prospects begin the