222 Botanical Writings of Rafincsque. 



a characteristic and interesting pamphlet, which is not at present 

 in our possession. An abridged account of his travels and re- 

 searches in this country, is also given in the introduction to his 

 New Flora of North America, which we extract with slight con- 

 densation. 



" I came to North America in 1802, and travelled chiefly on foot until 

 1804, over New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Marylund, and Virginia, 

 from the Juniata to the sea shore, and from the Alleghany Mountains be- 



yond^Easton to the Potomac beyond Washington and Alexandria. In 



1805 I left America for Europe, where I remained till 1815. On my re- 

 turn to this country in tlByear, I was shipwrecked on the shores of Con- 

 necticut, and lost all ray former herbals and collections, both American 



and European. 1 had to begin again my researches and collections, 



which I pursued ever since with renewed zeal, and always at my own 

 sole expense. I spent 1815 and 1816 in the States of New York, New 

 Jersey, and Pennsylvania chiefly. In 1816 I went to explore as far as 

 Lake Champlain, Vermont, and the Saranac Mountains near the sources 

 of the Hudson River. In 1817 I went to the Matteawan or Catskill 

 Mountains, and explored Long Island, where I dwelt awhile. But my 

 great travels in the West began in 1818; I made a tour of 2000 miles, 

 as far as the Wabash River, crossing twice the Alleghany Mountains on 



foot, and exploring Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, &c. Having 



been appointed Professor of Natural Sciences in the University of Lex- 

 ington, in Kentucky, I went there in 1819, crossing a third time the Al- 

 leghany Mountains, through the Cumberland road of Maryland, still on 

 foot, as I never would cross these beautiful mountains in any other way, 

 in order to botanize all the while, and I was rewarded by many new 

 plants. I spent seven years in Kentucky, exploring that State thorough- 

 ly, and making excursions to Ohio, &c. : my longest journeys were in 

 1823, when I went west as far as the rivers Cumberland and Tennessee 

 near their mouths, and next east to the falls of the Cumberland River, 

 and the Wasioto or Cumberland Mountains. In 1825 I undertook a long 

 journey through Ohio and Virginia, crossing the Alleghany Mountains of 

 Virginia, and returning by the AUeghanies of Pennsylvania, always on 

 foot. Next year, 1826, 1 left Kentucky and settled in Philadelphia; but 

 took a very long botanical journey in the way, going through Ohio to San- 

 dusky on Lake Erie ; thence to Buffalo, Niagara, Canada, the New York 

 Canal, &,c.'' 



His excursions from 1827 to 1830, were confined to Pennsyl- 

 vania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, &c. 



"Several botanical excursions and journeys were undertaken in 1831, 

 in Delaware, New Jersey, and the Taconick Mountains. While in 1832 



