vi ADVERTISEMENT. 
least, the character of an original work, rather than of a compi- 
lation; at the same time that it should present a fair view of 
what is known on the subjects of which it treats. The figures of 
the plants have, in every instance, been made from original 
drawings, which were executed by himself, with the exception of 
two or three presented by his friends. The style of engraving 
is wholly new in this country, and is one which has been suc- 
cessfully attempted only by the first artists in France. 
It gives him pleasure to state, that the reception of the work. 
in all parts of the United States, has exceeded his anticipations, 
that the subscription is already more than sufficient to defray 
the expense of publishing, and that its regular increase renders 
it probable that the whole edition will be taken up at an early 
period. : 
He avails himself of this occasion to return his acknowledg- 
ments to those correspondents who have obligingly assisted him 
by the communication of specimens for the work, and of the re- 
sults of their own researches and experience. Particularly he 
would express this remembrance to Zaccneus Corziys Esq. of 
‘Philadelphia, a gentleman whose active kindness has repeatedly 
supplied his botanical necessities ; and whose extensive erudition 
has enabled him to afford counsel, which would not have been 
sought at a less respectable source. To Professor Ives of New 
Tlaven, a zealous and intelligent cultivator of the American Ma- 
teria Medica, he would express the obligations derived from his 
communications and correspondence. It would be unjust to for- 
get that many medicinal plants of the Southern States, with ob- 
servations on their properties, were furnished expressly for this 
work, by the late Dr. James Macsrme of Charleston, S. C. a 
