VUl 



PREFACE. 



NATURAL HISTORY, including BOTANY. 



7. On the most essential differences between the Asiatic and Afri- 

 can species of Elephants*. 



8. Tabula Avium alibi hiemantium tempore vernali adventum 

 commonstrans. Communicated by an ingenious correspondent 

 in New-England. 



9. A Memoir on the Partridge of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Wil. 

 liani Bartram. 



10. A Catalogue of the Plants of the State of Delaware, and of the 

 District of Columbia. See page \77 of this Jiortioii of the Journal. 



AGRICULTURE. 



1 1 . Thoughts on American Horticulture. 



12. On the disease of Rust, as it affects the Wheat, Sic, in the 

 United-Slates. 



ANTIQUITIES. 



13. On the population of America. By Mr. S. P., of Pennsylvania. 



14. On the use of Copper among the American Indians. 



BIOGRAPHY. 



15. Two articles. 



The whole, or the greater number, of these papers will be pub- 

 lished in the second part of the present, and in the first part of 

 the next, volume. 



A copious Index will accompany the second part of the present 

 volume ; and a similar index will be given at the completion of 

 every succeeding volume, or, perhaps, every two volumes. 



Arch-Street, J^o. 184. JVovember 27th, 

 1805. 



• Two of the figures on the plate (which accompanies this volume) are illus- 

 trative of this memoir. 



