INTRODUCTION. 9 



mouths, and next East to the falls of the Cum- 

 berland Kiver and the Wasioto or Cumberland 

 mountains* 



In 1825 I undertook a long journey through 

 Ohio, and Virginia, crossing the Alleghany 

 mountains of Virginia, and returning by the 

 Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, always on foot. 

 Next year, 1826, I left Kentucky and settled 

 in Philadelphia : but took a very long botanical 

 journey in the way, going through Ohio to 

 Sandusky on Lake Erie ; thence to Buffalo, 

 Niagara, Canada, the New York Canal, &c. 



My excursions in 1827, were to the Sea 

 Shores of New Jersey, and thence to Troy, the 

 Taconick mountain, and through Massachu- 

 setts to Boston, returning by a different road 

 In 1828, I went to the Alleghany mountains 

 of the North on the Lehigh, the Schooley 

 mountains of New Jersey, and Mattawan 

 mountains of New York. In 1829, 1 went to 

 the Pine-barrens of New Jersey, and as far as 

 Connecticut. In 1830, I made a second jour- 

 ney to the Kiskanom mountains of New York. 

 Several botanical excursions and journeys 

 were undertaken in 1831, in Delaware, New 

 Jersey, and the Taconick mountains. While 

 in 1832 I visited Maryland twice, the second 

 lime I explored the Cotocton mountains of 

 Maryland, and Alleghany mountains as far as 

 Sherman Valley and the Juniata, quite at 

 leisure, residing some times at the top of the 

 mountains. 



In the year 1833 I proposed to visit the 

 Apalachian mountains as far as Alabama : but 

 was prevented by an accident and heavy rains: 

 I only went as far as those of Virginia, and 

 again in the Cotocton mountains. — In a second 



