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fully prepared manuscripts and collections left by him were de- 

 stroyed by fire a few years later, during the Revolutionary War. 

 While Clayton was pursuing his explorations in Virginia, Cad- 

 walader Golden was studying the flora of his great three-thousand- 

 acre estate, " Coldenham ", in the' colony of New York. Dr. 

 Golden was a very busy man, nearly always holding some public 



FLORA VIRGINICA 



Exhibens 



P L A N T A S 



Quas 

 V. C. 



JOHANNES CLAYTON 



In 



VIRGINIA 



Obfcrvavit atque coUegir. 



Eafdem 



Methodo Sexuali difpofuic , ad Genera propria 



letulit, Nominibus fpecificis infignivit, &: 



minus cognitas dcfcripfic 



JO H. FRED. GRONOVIUS. 



Pars Secunda. 



Z U G D U N I B A T A y O R U My 

 Apud C O R N E L I U M H A A K , 1743- 



FIRST PAGE OF BANISTER'S CATALOGUE'.* 



office of importance, and at one time lieutenant-governor of the 

 colony of New York ; yet, with the aid, no doubt, of his gifted 

 daughter, he found time to prepare a careful account of the 

 native plants of Goldenham, and sent this to Linnaeus, who pub- 

 lished it in the proceedings of the royal society of Upsala. This 

 was the earliest local flora of any part of the present state of New 



* Tills illustration was provided with the aid of the Catherine McManes fund. 



