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and the western parts of Carolina and Georgia, for the 

 discovery of rare and useful productions of nature, chiefly 

 in the vegetable kingdom; in April, 1773, I embarked for 

 Charleston, S. C." 



His treatment of the plants is not systematic; but he 

 mentions numbers of them in his description of the coun- 

 try, giving them their correct scientific names. Nor does 

 his description apply to all parts of the State; for he seems 

 to have visited only the northwestern part. 



In 1782 he was appointed professor of botany in the 

 University of Pennsylvania, which position he declined on 

 account of impaired vision. In 1786 he became a member 

 of the American Philosophical Society, and in addition to 

 his botanical labors prepared and published the most com- 

 plete list of American birds previous to that of Alexander 

 Wilson, whom he greatly assisted at the outset of his ca- 

 reer. He possessed considerable talent for drawing and 

 made the illustrations in "Barton's Elements of Botany,'' 

 thus making known for the first time by illustration many 

 of the most curious and beautiful plants of North Ameri- 

 ca. Besides this, he published several works, for a list of 

 which see the appended bibliography. 



Bibliography 



Bartram, William— "Travels through North and South 

 Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee 

 Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or 

 Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. Con- 

 taining an account of the soil and natural productions of 

 those regions, together with observations on the manners 

 of the Indians." Philadelphia: James and Johnson, 1791. 

 520 pp. 



English editions, London, 1792, 1794; Dublin, 1793. 



A German edition, William Bartram's Reisen durch 

 Nord-und-Sud-Karolina * * Aus dem Englischen. 

 Mit erlauternden anmerkungen von E. A. W. Zimmer- 

 man, Hofrath und Professor in Braunschwerg, Berlin, 

 1793. 



