8 HISTORICAL SKETCH^ 



Several elements of Botany by Locke, Rich^ 

 Comstock, Sumner, Nuttal, Grey, and others 

 have been published for the use of Schools 

 chiefly. None have yet made us familiar with 

 the improvements of Decandole, Richardy 

 Agardh <Slc. Lindley has been reprinted. My 

 improvements in philosophical Botany will be 

 recapitulated in the Introduction to my Flora 

 Tellukiana. 



My own miscellaneous works are not few^ 

 New Genera and Species, 1808 in Mitchell's 

 Med. and Phil, repository. Elements of Semi- 

 ology — Analysis of Nature — Reviews of Pursh, 

 Nuttal, Eaton, Elliot, Bigelow &.c. Decads 

 of new plants 1818 — 50 New Genera of plants 

 1819 — Neogenyton or 66 New Genera 1825 

 Annals of Nature 1820.— medical flora 1828 

 to 1830— Atlantic Journal 1832 with 150 N. 

 G. or Sp. — Herbarium Rafinesquianum 1833. 



Botanical remarks and novelties in the Brux- 

 cells Annals of Science 1820 — New plants in 

 Mirror of Sciences 1814 — Precis des Decouver- 

 tes 1814 &.C,. &.C. 



In fact I have been accused of having scattered 

 too much my botanical discoveries and labors ;^ 

 but I mean now to concentrate them in this 

 work. NuttaPs rare plants of Florida and 83 

 new of various parts, with Asa Grey 4 rare 

 plants of New York are miscellaneous labors* 

 like mine. 



Our Botanists besides writers may be divided 

 into Collectors, Travellers, Amateurs and Hor^ 

 ticulturalists. 



Those who have written but Httle, or merely 

 some sketch, are Baldwin, Groom, Thomas^ 

 Aikin, Conr ad, Oakes, Peck, Houghton, School- 

 craft, Waterhouse, Locke, James, Halsey, 



