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for Latin names I was beholden to the above-mentioned 

 learned and accurate botanist, Dr. Sherard." 



In addition to his treatment of the plants, his work was 

 quite extensively given to animals, and principally to the 

 "feathered kind," of which he s^iys: *1 believe very few 

 birds have escaped my knowledge, except some water fowl 

 and some of those which frequent the sea." 



In 1726 he returned to England and at once set seriously 

 to work in preparing material for his magnificent and best 

 known work, from which the above extracts have been 

 taken. This was accompanied by a new map, constructed 

 by himself, of the districts explored. The first volume 

 appeared in 1731 and the second in 1748. There are up- 

 wards of one hundred plates in this first volume, all the 

 figures of the plants having been drawn and etched by 

 Catesby himself. In recognition of the merits of this 

 first part of his work, on the 26th of April 1733, he was 

 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. A German transla- 

 tion, with an introduction by "M^ Edwards, due College 

 Royal des Medecins de Londres," was published a Nurem- 

 berg in 1756. 



A third edition w^as required in 1771, to which a Lin- 

 naean index was appended. An original of this edition 

 m^y be found in the library of the University of South 

 Carolina. It consists of two large folio volumes, over 

 fifty inches in length, and bound in calf. The plates are 

 large and exquisitely done. Side by side, in parallel 

 ..:■-'' columns, we find the text in English and in French. 

 ^^ Catesby also produced (in 1737) "Hortus Britanno 

 Americus, or a Collection of 85 Curious Trees and Shrubs, 

 the Production of North America, adapted to the Climate 

 and Soil of Great Britain." Many trees and shrubs were 

 first introduced by him, and the publication of this 

 volume added considerably to the introduction of Ameri- 

 can plants into England. He also produced some other 

 works of importance, which are listed in the appended 

 bibliography. 



A West Indian genus of shrubs of the order Cincho- 



