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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"In this year" (Linn. sp. pi.), Linnaeus publishing the Fifth volume of his Amoen. acad., enu- 

 merating Paspahtm distichum. 



"In this year" (Spreng., and Pritzel), after his Seventh edition "in 1759," Miller publishing 

 figures of plants adapted to his Gardener's dictionary, including Piuiis inops, P. variabilis, Xanthoxy- 

 lum fraxincum, Phlox divaricata 203. f. 1, Pity sal is lanceolata, Crataegus cordata 179, Coreopsis 

 aurai (Ph.), Marty ma proboscidea 2S6, Hypericum monogynum 151. f. 2, Vilex incisa 275. f. 1. 2, 

 Baithinia aurita 41. t. 61, Omithogalum thyrsoidcs 12S. t. 192, Anthericum datum 38. t 56, Rheum 

 com-pactum pi. 218, Phytolacca icosandra 138. t. 207, Priumfetla annua 199. t. 29, Pyrus prunifolia 

 180. t. 269. 



Heliotropium Peruvianum of Western Peru. The heliotrope of the gardens, a low shrub, is 

 described by Miller pi. 143 — (Linn. sp. pi.), and is known to grow wild in Peru (Pers.). Trans- 

 ported to Europe and to Northeast America, has become a favourite in gardens on account of its fra- 

 grance. 



'• 1761, March 12th, between two and three in the morning" (mem. Amer. acad. i. 278, and 

 Holmes), two shocks of an earthquake felt throughout New England. " Nov. 1st," another earth- 

 quake felt in Boston and the neighbouring towns. 



"The same year" (Holmes note to 1732), the transit of Venus observed at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



" In this year " (praef. 9. and flor. Hi to 2), Forskal at Marseilles, on his way to Malta and Con- 

 stantinople, where he arrived in August. He reached Alexandria in the beginning of October, and 

 proceeding to Rosetta and up the Nile to Cairo remained in Egypt — " nearly a year." 



'■The same year (= A. H. 1139," W. G. Browne in Walp. trav.), the art of printing introduced 

 into Turkey. — After two years, an Arabo-Turkish lexicon, and a History of the Turkish maritime 

 wars, were issued from the press ; and during successive years until " 1777 (= A. H. 1155 "), four- 

 teen additional works. 



'• In this year " (Spreng.), Fr. Wilh. von Leysser publishing his Flor. halens., enumerating A T as- 

 turtium pa lad re (Steud.) ; — " in 1783 " a second edition ; " in 1806" ten tarn. nov. ; "in 1807" his 

 Mantissa; "in 181 1 " a second Mantissa, and died "in 1815." 



"In this year" (J. E. Smith, and Spreng.), Louis Gerard publishing his Flor. Galloprov.' 



As early as this year (Act. angl. li, and Linn. sp. pi ), Garden in Carolina sending plants to Lin- 

 naeus, including Bumelia teuax, Cyrilla racemijlora (mant. 50), Halesia diptera. 



"In this year" (Linn. sp. pi.), after his Flor. geldrica "in 1757," Gorter publishing his Flor. 

 ingrica : — his Flor. belgica "in 1767" (Winckl.) ; and died "in 1783." 



In this year (J. E. Smith, and Spreng.), Oeder editing the first volume of the Flor. Dan.t 



" 1762 A. D." (Proud, and Holmes note to 1732), two ingenious mathematicians returning from 

 observing the transit of Venus, employed by the inhabitants of Southern Pennsylvania to mark out 

 the boundary separating Maryland. 



"The same year" (NicoI.J, accession of Peter III. as emperor of Russia. Before the close of 

 the year, he was succeeded by Catharine II. 



" May 23d " (Blair), war declared by Portugal against Spain. 



" In this year " (Linn. sp. pi., and Winckl.), Gouan publishing his Hort. monspeliens, enume- 

 rating Silphium perfoliatum 462. 



"June 27th " (Blair), St. John's in Newfoundland captured by the French ; and " Sept. 18th," re- 

 captured by the English. 



In the West Indies, Martinico, Granada, St. Lucia, St Vincent, and the other French posses- 

 sions in the Caribbee chain of islands, all captured by the combined British and colonial forces (univ. 

 hist., and Holmes). "Aug. 12th," Havana was captured, but on "Nov. 3d," preliminary articles 

 of peace were signed at Paris. — By a treaty signed on the following " Feb. 10th," the French pos- 



* Jimcus Gcrardi of the seashore of Northeast America. A rush described by Gerard — 

 (Loisel.), and termed "j. Bothnicus " by Wahleiiberg. Westward, along our Atlantic coast is called 

 black grass, and has been observed by myself forming beds or patches in salt marshes from Lat. 43 ; 

 by Torrey, as far as 41° ; by A. Gray, in " salt marshes, common along the coast from New Jersey 

 northward; " by Baldwin at 3V in Florida, and was received by Muhlenberg from Georgia and New 

 Jersey, but I was assured by Dr. Emerson that seed imported from the Northward is sown in the salt 

 marshes along Delaware Bay. Allied to J. bulbosus, but may prove distinct. 



\ Carcx Oederi of Northern and middle Europe. Alow sedge — described by Ehrhart, Schkuhr 

 67. t. F. f. 26, and Host i. pi. (15 : known to grow in moist ground in Northern and middle Europe 

 (Pers.). By European colonists, was carried to Northeast America, observed by myself only in 

 grass-grown clearings in the environs of Salem, Mass. 



