162 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



some years the senior surgeon on the roll of the navy. He 

 had in early life many personal attractions and accomplish- 

 ments. He retained, even to advanced age, a great love for 

 music and great conversational powers. His character was 

 a happy combination of qualities which attracted all and 

 repelled none. Of great courage without any bravado, of 

 affability without servility, of true warm-hearted benevo- 

 lence, his qualities of heart and mind were w^ell calculated 

 to secure lasting friends among the good and true. He 

 married in early life Esther, daughter of Jonathan Dickin- 

 son Sergeant, Esq., a member of the Philadelphia Bar, and 

 granddaughter of David Rittenhouse. 



Dr. W. P. C. Barton w^as the author of the following 

 works : 



Florae Philadelphicae Prodromus, plantarum quae hactenus exploratse 

 fuere, quaeque in ipso opere ulterius describentur, exhibens enumeration em, 

 or Prodromus of the Flora of Philadelphia, exhibiting a list of all the plants 

 to be described in that work, which have as yet been collected. Phila- 

 delphia, Maxwell, 1815. 4. 100 pp. 



Some account of a plant used in Lancaster Countj^, Pennsylvania, as 

 a substitute for chocolate, Holcus bicolor Willd. Philadelphia, Palmer, 

 1816. Octavo, 8 pp. 



Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States, or Medical Botany ; 

 containing a botanical, general, and medical history of medicinal plants 

 indigenous to the United States. Philadelphia, Carey, 1817-18. 2 vols. 4. 

 I : XV, 273 pp. II : xvi, 243 pp., 50 tab. 



Compendium Florae Philadelphicae, containing a description of the 

 indigenous and naturalized plants found within a circuit of ten miles 

 around Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Carey, 1818. 2 vols. 8. 1 : 251 pp. 

 II : 234 pp. ; ib. 1824. 



A Flora of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures drawn 

 from nature. Philadelphia, Carey & Son. 3 vols. 4. 1 : 1821, xix, 138 pp., 

 138 pp., tab. col. 1-36. With portrait of author as frontispiece. II : 1822, 

 X, 107 pp., tab. col. 37-70. Ill : 1823, vii, 100 pp., tab. col. 71-106. 



