266 Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 



52. It is with the highest degree of satisfaction that 

 we announce the establishment of a 



BOTANICAL GARDEN 



at Charleston, in South- Carolina. Under the patron- 

 age»of the opulent and well-informed citizens of this 

 metropolis, we cannot entertain a doubt of the prosperity 

 of this institution, which, we hope, will ultimately contri- 

 bute, in an eminent degree, to diffuse a taste for, and to 

 extend the empire of, Botanical science in tlie 

 extensive countries of the United- States. 



It is well observed, by an eminent physician of Char- 

 leston, that the " climate" of South- Carolina " is too 

 warm for anatomical pursuits ; but" that " its natural 

 history is yet unexplored, and presents an ample field for 

 investigation. The studies of Botany and chemistry 

 (he continues) are particularly useful in our new coun- 

 try. Without a knowledge of their principles, we will 

 remain unacquainted with half the riches and resources 

 we possess, in our vegetables, and minerals. Little has 

 been done among us, in this way, since the days of 

 Garden and Walter. Let us renew the subject, and 

 prosecute it with increasing ardour*." 



* A Review of the Improvements, Progress, and State of Medi- 

 cine in the 18th Century, page 4 5. liy David Ramsay, M. D. 

 <'harkstoii: 1801. 



