8 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



Several elements of Botany by Locke, Richy 

 Comstock, Sumner, Nuttal, Grey, and others 

 have been published for the use of Schools 

 chiefly. None have yet made us familiar with 

 the improvements of Decandole, Richard, 

 Agardh &c. Lindley has been reprinted. My 

 improvements in philosophical Botany will be 

 recapitulated in the Introduction to my Flora 

 Tellukiana. 



My own miscellaneous works are not few, 

 New Genera and Species, 1808 in Mitchell's 

 Med. and Phil, repository. Elements of Semi- 

 ology — Analysis of Nature — Reviews of Pursh, 

 Nuttal, Eaton, Elliot, Bigelow &c. Decad& 

 of new plants 1818 — 50 New Genera of plants 

 1819— Neogenyton or 66 New Genera 1825 

 Annals of Nature 1820.— medical flora 1828 

 to 1830— Atlantic Journal 1832 with 150 N. 

 G. or Sp. — Herbarium Rafinesquianum 1833. 



Botanical remarks and novelties in the Brux- 

 cells Annals of Science 1820 — New plants in 

 Mirror of Sciences 1814 — Precis des Decouver- 

 tes 1814 &c,. &c. 



In fact I have been accused of having scattered 

 too much my botanical discoveries and labors ; 

 but I mean now to concentrate them in this 

 work. Nuttal's rare plants of Florida and 83 

 new of various parts, with Asa Grey 4 rare 

 plants of New York are miscellaneous labors 

 like mine. 



Our Botanists besides writers may be divided 

 into Collectors, Travellers, Amateurs and Hor- 

 ticulturalists. 



Those who have written but little, or merely 

 some sketch, are Baldwin, Croom, Thomas, 

 Aikin, Conrad, Oakes, Peck, Houghton, School- 

 craft, Waterhouse, Locke, James, Halsey, 



