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in scientific progress, has been lacking. The result is, that there are few 
books dealing with the flora of the southern states and a paucity of local 
catalogues and lists. The writer believes that, in mentioning the following, 
very few important publications have been overlooked. 
IV. Southeastern States. 
The first account of any importance that we have of Southern plants 
appears in the Natural History of Carolina by MARK CATESBY in two 
volumes (London 1731—43), followed by a book by J. BRICKELL. The 
Natural History of North Carolina (1737) where, pages 57—ı106, the veget- 
ables of the country are discussed. These were proceeded by BANISTER’Ss 
Catalogus plantarum in Virginia observatarum 1688 and PETIVER’s Herbarium 
Virginianum 1707. Flora virginica (1739—43) by J. F. GRONOVIUS, WALTER’S 
Flora caroliniana (1788), WM. BARTRAM’s Travels through North and South 
Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida 1791; J. L. E. W. SHecurT’s Flora 
carolinaeensis (Charlestown 1806) and BARTON’s Flora virginica (Philadelphia 
1812), are among the most important early books on botany of the South. 
A catalogue of plants in the vicinity of Charlestown 1834 and one by GIBBER 
of plants of Columbia, South Carolina 1835, and catalogue of the native phaenog- 
amous plants and ferns of Kentucky by SHORT (C. W.) PETER S. GRISWOLD 
1833, occupy an intermediate position in point of time between the earlier 
books and the descriptive manuals. Until the appearance of STEPHEN ELLIOTT's 
Botany of North Carolina and Georgia in two volumes 1821—24, there was 
no descriptive manual of the Southern States. Later this want was supplied 
by a Manual of Botany adapted to the Productions of the Southern States by 
JOHN DARBY published in ı814. This last work was supplemented by Darby’s 
Botany of the Southern States in 1855. 
Finally in 1865 appeared CHAPMAN’s Flora of the Southern States, 
which has appeared in several editions, the third one issued in 1897. During 
this time Rev. M. A. CurTis published in 1867 a Catalogue of Indigenous and 
Naturalized Plants of North Carolina and in 1869 Resources of the Southern 
Fields and Forests was published by FRANCIS PEYRE PORCHER. A number 
of botanists have recently explored the southern states and as the result of 
their work have either published accounts of their labors, or have distributed 
their collections of plants to various botanic centres. Among these persons 
may be mentioned Asa GRAY, CHARLES 5. SARGENT, A. H. Curriss of Jack- 
sonville, Florida, CHARLES MOHR of Alabama, ROLAND M. HARPER, JoHN 
K. Smaır, G. V. Nash, Anna M. Vaıt, THOMAS H. KEARNEY, H. J. WEBBER, 
J. M. MACFARLANE, LESTER F. Warn, C. D. BEADLE, of Biltmore, AUGUSTIN 
GATTINGER of Tennessee, GIFFORD PINCHOT, A. CUTHBERT of Georgia, C.F. 
MirLspaucH, "A. M. HUGER of North Carolina, J. W. HARSHBERGER, FRANCIS 
E. Ltoyp, S, M. Tracy, W. W. AsHE, W. C. COKER and F. E. BoYNTon. 
Reference will be made to their papers in the accompanying bibliography, but 
the following of special merit must be mentioned in this connection, viz., Flora 
Harshberger, Survey N.-America. ” 
