from without; Walter's was based on careful study from year to 

 year of the flora of the region in which he lived. In 1788 he pub- 

 lished the results of his study in the Flora CaroHniana, in which 

 he describes about one thousand species, many of them not before 

 known to science. The work is in Latin and the descriptions are 

 technical and brief but accurate. Walter's Pine {Pinus glabra) 

 is one of the many species first described in the Flora. 



JOHN DRAYTON 



John Drayton may claim to rank among the botanists of South 

 CaroUna by virtue of his translation of Walter's Flora Caroliniana. 

 In his View of South-Carolina, 1802, Drayton gives a catalog' ' ' Of 

 the most remarkable Plants, Shrubs and Trees, indigenous to the 

 state of South-CaroHna, ' ' but his translation is his important con- 

 tribution to botany. This translation has not been published but 

 it is preserved as a manuscript in the library of the University of 

 South CaroUna, and is entitled, The Carolinian Florist. It bears 

 the date of 1807. I think it is not generally known that the Char- 

 leston Library Society possesses an earlier manuscript, the title 

 page of which reads: The | CaroHnian | Florist; | as adapted (in 

 English) I To the more ready use of the | Flora | Caroliniana, | of 



1 Thomas Walter. | By | John Drayton. | | Charleston | 1798. 



The verso immediately preceding the title page bears an exact 

 copy of the title page of Walter's Flora Caroliniana. The book is 

 carefully bound in leather and bears the stamp of the Charleston 

 Library Society. There is a water-color painting of the "CaUco 

 flower, or Wild Ivy — Kalmia latifolia," with the legend, "See an 

 elegant & very perfect Representation of this plant in Smith's 

 American Insects page 73, Vol. 1st." The first recto after the 

 title page bears the presentation inscription: 



The Author of this manuscript cannot take upon himself to say, that it is per- 

 fectly correct; although in general, he believes the plants are properly named in 

 English, as referring to the botanical names, against which they are placed. Tn 

 the course of this enquiry, some plants and species have appeared, which were 

 either unknown in the books to which references were made, or were then not 

 sufficiently designated to warrant an english insertion. Hence, in these cases, it 

 has not been attempted ; but left open to some more favo rable opportunity. 



>p. 60-87. 



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