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In this work, besides the more purely botanical 

 part of the subject, much attention will be paid to the 

 dietetic, the medical, and other uses of the various 

 vegetables that are described ; and the whole will be 

 accompanied by a view of the general aspect of the 

 six States which have been mentioned ; their compa- 

 rative proportion of land and water, of mountainous 

 or high and low ground ; of calcareous and other 

 soils ; their temperature, &c. 



A series of plates, from original drawings, will also 

 accompany the work ; and these plates will be en- 

 graven by able artists, both in Europe and in Ame- 

 rica. Many of the drawings are already prepared : 

 some of them are the production of that able artist, 

 Mr. Turpin, who passed some time at Philadelphia, 

 and at present resides at Paris. 



The following extracts from the Prodromus may 

 serve as specimens of the manner in which the Editor 

 has treated some parts of his subject. 



MlTCHELLA. L. 



Gen. PL edit. Schreb. n. 174. Juss. p. 208. 



Cor. 1-petalae, superae, binas, eidem germini. Stig. 

 4. Bacca bifida, 4-sperma. 



Mitchella ;r//m. L. Sp. PI. p. 161. Willd. 

 Sp. PL 1. p. 617. Gmeiin, Syst. Nat. 2. p. 245. 

 Marshall, Arbust. p. 92. Aiton, Kevj. 1. p. 148. 

 Michaux, Flor. Bor. Amcr. 1. /;. 86. 



Mitchella (repens) foliis subovatis, floribus albis, bac- 

 cis rubris. Walter, Carol, p. 85. 



