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. Clifford, Z. Collins, D. 

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

 May I meet similar new patrons in my old 

 age! 



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, 

 &c. 



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 of 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 



