INTRODUCTION. 2 1 



procate, it must be out of bad and improper 

 feelings. 



I have had warm friends and patrons for 

 awhile ; but I have been deprived of them all 

 by death already, J. D. Clifibrd, Z. Collins, D. 

 Clinton, Dr. Mitchill, Dr. Jackson, were such. 

 May I meet similar new patrons in my old 

 age! -h 



Although this Flora will exhibit me as a 

 learned Botanist, accurate observer, and zeal- 

 ous discoverer, it does not afford me the means 

 of appearing as a Draftsman, Collector of spe- 

 cimens, Medical Botanist, &c. for which I 

 must refer to my other works. Medical Bota- 

 ny with 100 figures, my Autikon Botanikon, 

 sic. 



I have written my Botanical Works in 4 

 languages, Latin, French, Italian and English ! 

 I now write this entirely in English in order to 

 make it available to all our Botanists ; but my 

 Flora Telluriana will be partly in Latin, at 

 least for generic and specific characters. 



It is usual for accurate Botanists to state the 

 kind o^ botanical evidence that they can give, 

 which is usually expressed by v. v. meaning- 

 seen alive — V. s. seen dry, &c. but this may be 

 very delusive since many plants seen alive are 

 only seen in gardens and not in their natural 

 state, or the floral characters have not been ex- 

 amined. Greater accuracy should be required 

 and I state at once that all the plants I describe 

 have been met alive, and collected by me in 

 their native soils, in bloom and seeds unless I 

 otherwise state the facts ; whether seen with- 

 out seeds, or only in gardens. 



As to dried or 'preserved plants, they may 

 also have been with or without seeds ; always 



