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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"In this year" (Sieb. elucid. Vries 54), the existence of Kamtchatka first made known to the 

 Russians ; — and in " 1697" an ostroch or fort founded by some Cossacks on the Kamtchatka river. 



"The same year" (Spreng.), Cavallini publishing his Pugil. Melit. (plants of Malta), enumerating 

 Conyza rupestris. 



"1690 A. D." (. . . Smith, Hutch., and Holmes), inroads by French from Canada with abo- 

 riginals into the settlements in New York and New England, and French privateers from Acadie 

 committing depredations ; a fleet of " eight small vessels with seven or eiyht hundred men " under Sir 

 William Phips, sailed "April 28th," and took possession of the whole Northern coast as far as Port 

 Royal, which he captured. The colonists next contemplating the reduction of Canada, Phips made 

 his appearance before Quebec " Oct. 5th " with a larger fleet ; but the army marching in co-operation 

 against Montreal having turned back, the fleet was also compelled to retire. For payment of the 

 troops, the Massachusetts government issued bills of credit : being the first paper money in the 

 colonies. 



'-The same year" (Z. Macy in coll. hist. iii. 157, and Holmes), beginning of the whale-fishery 

 from Nantucket ; in boats from the shore, under instructions from Ichabod Paddock, who came from 

 Cape Cod. — In " 1715 " (account of 1785, hist, coll.), there were "six sloops, thirty-eight tons bur- 

 den " employed. 



By William III., a large body of French protestants sent to Virginia, and lands allotted them on 

 James river: while others purchased land in Carolina, and settled on the Santee, and some in Charles- 

 ton (Hewet 103, and Holmes). 



"In this year" (Herm. parad. 24), Oldenland returning from Austral Africa, having met with 

 Ixia crocata afr. 32. 



Asc.'epias {Govphocarpus) fruticosa of Austral Africa. A milkweed brought by Oldenland from 

 Austral Africa — (Herm. parad. 24): observed by Bojer in the neiuhbouring Tropical portion of 

 East Africa and on Madagascar, and naturalized on the Mauritius Islands. After its introduction 

 into Europe, described by Plukenet aim. pi. 138, Miller, and Linnajus ; and observed by Delile in 

 Egypt, in a single garden, but some years later was found by Clot-Bey a more general favourite. 



'■ In this year" (Spreng.), Plumier arriving at Hayti in the West Indies, meeting with — (or on 

 his second visit "in 1693" and third "in 1695") Utricularia foliosa ic. Burm. 165. f. 2 ; Piper 

 aduncum, retitiilatum, decumanum, umbel/alum, obiusifolium, acuminatum, distachyum, maculo- 

 sum, trifolittm, and rotundifolium amer. 66 to 77 ; 1'epcromia pclhicida am. 72, P. quadrifolia ic. 

 Burm. 242, Hippocratea volubilis ic. Burm. 88, Comocladia ilicifolia ic. B. 11S. 1, Aforaea plicata 

 ic. B. 46. 2, Exaciim vcrticillatum 81. 2; Cistus sycioides, cord/folia, and microcarpa 259. 2-4; 

 Pothos acaulis, lancco'.atus, macrophyllus, palma/ns, crenatus, and cordatus am. 57 to 65 and ic. B. 

 38-9 ; Rivina octandra ic. B. 241, Ilex cuneifolia ic. B. 118. 2; Touruefortia hirsutissima, foetidissima, 

 humilis, and serrataic. B. 209-2S ; Theophrasta Americana ic. B. 226; Convolvulus macrorhizus, 

 niacrocarpus, corymbosus, verticil/atus, acetosaefolim, and umbellattis ic. B. 89 to 94 and am. 102-5; 

 Ipomaea umbellata, di^itata, hederaefolia, and solanifolia ic. B. 92. 1 to 94. 1 ; Roudeletia Americana 

 141. 1, Belonia aspera 47, Coffea Occidentalis 156, Hamelia chrysantka 21S. I, H. patens 218. 2, 

 Erithalis fruticosa 249. 2, Brossaea coccinea 64. 2, Xicoliana f urens 211, Solatium polvacanthum 

 224. I, Ardisia serrulata 80, Strumpfia maritima 251. 1, Rauwolfia nitida 236. I, R. canescens 

 236. 2, EchiUs asperuginis 26, E. bijlora 96, Cameraria latifolia 72. 1, C. auous/i/olia 72. 2, Taber- 

 naemontana citrifoUa 248. 2, Gonolobus crispiplorus 216.. I, Asc/epias nivea 30, Alternanthera frutes- 

 cens 2r. 2, Rhus untopium 61, Aralia arborea 148, Bromelia lingulata 64, Pitcairnia latifolia 62; 

 'llllandsia lingulata, serrata, paniculata, and monostachya 64 to 257 ; Tradescantia genie ulata 116. 2, 

 Loranthus Americanus 166. I, Alisma flava 115, Dracontium pertusutn am. 56, Fuchsia triphylla 

 ic. B. 133. I, Coccoloba excoriata 146. I, Paullinia Curassavica III. 1, P. at > urn ill. 2, Scrjana 

 sinuata 113. 2, Celtis micraniha 206. 1, Bauhinia aculeala 44. t, B. pome t a 44. 2, Cassia planisiliqua 

 77, C. biftora 78. 1, Cacsaipinia crista 68, Jussicea hirla 174. 2, J. octavalvis 275. 1, Atelasloma 

 splendens 140, .Samyda serrulata 146. 2; Malpi;Aiia urenx, aquifolia, and coicifera 167. I to 168. 2; 

 Banisteria dichotoma, coeru lea, purpurea, and au-ji/losa 13-15 and am. 92 ; 7 ' eti aptcris citrifoUa ic. B. 

 16, Oxalis Plumien 213. 1, Rhipsalis parasitica 197. 2, Opuulia moniliformis 19S, Cactus paniculatus 

 J 9 2 i c - glomeratus 201. 1, Myrtus virgultuosa 20S. 1, ,!/. coriacea 208. 2, Eugenia angustifolia 

 207. 2, Marcgravia umbellata 173, Capparis amplissima 73. 2, Mnntnigia calabura 203, Sloanea 

 dentala 244, A/entzc/ia aspera 174. 1, Corchorus hiisutus 104, C. s/liquosus 103. i, C. hirtus 103. 2, 

 Talauma Plumieri 161, Anona AHatica T43. 2, Clusia alba 87. 1, C. venosa 87. 2. Gcrardia tubeiosa 

 75. 2; Gesneria humi/is, grandis, and cran Maria 134-7; Bcslcria melittacfolia, In tea, and cristata 

 4S-50 ; Bi nnfehia Americana 65 ; Bigionia stans, Acjiiiuoctia/iw microphy/la, paniculata, s/aminea, 

 longissima, crucigera, and unguis 54 to 94; Lautana trifolia ic. B. 70, /.. odorata 71. 2, Hosta coeru- 

 lea 106. I, Buchnera elongata 17, Ruellia coccinea 43. 1, Barleria solanifolia 43. 2, Ovieda spinosa 

 256, Columnea scandens 89. 1 ; Passiflora rotundifolia, Iteterophylla, pallida, serrata, suberosa, rubra, 



