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have collected extensively at Springfield, Urbana, and Clifton ; and many 

 others have largely contributed to the knowledge of Ohio plants. In fact 

 a long list of names would have to be added if this outline sketch of the 

 botanical history of the state made any pretension whatever to complete- 

 ness. 



The publications arranged in chronological order including all printed 

 lists however limited the area covered and all articles relating particularly 

 to Ohio plants, are as follows: 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OHIO BOTANY. 



1815. 



Forests of the Miami Country, and Plants Useful in Medicine and 

 the arts. A Natural and Statistical View or picture of Cincinnati and 

 the Miami Country. By Daniel Drake, Cincinnati. 



A volume of 255 pages, of which pp. 76-90, inclusive, are devoted to 

 botany. Here nothing farther was "attempted than a catalogue of the 

 forest trees, and such herbaceous plants as are deemed useful in medicine 

 and the arts." Under the head of "Forests of the Miami Country" is 

 given, alphabetically arranged in three columns (the first headed "Fam- 

 ilies," the second "Species," and third "Popular Name"), a list of one 

 hundred species belonging to about sixty genera, and several undeter- 

 mined species of the genera Prunus, Crataegus, Mespilus, and Smilax. 

 A long note is given on the species of Aesculus — Ae. flava, L. and Ae. 

 Maxima, n. sp. — presumably mistaken for Ae. glabra, Willd. and Ae. flava. 

 The second sub-head is " Plants Useful in Medicine and the Arts." These 

 are arranged alphabetically under the heads of "Stimulants" (thirteen 

 species), " Tonics" (eight species), "Astringents" (seven species), "Emet- 

 ics" (nine species), "Cathartics" (six species), "Diuretics" (three species), 

 "Anthelmintics" (three species), "Demulcents" (two species), and 

 " Plants used in Dyeing and the Domestic Arts" (fifteen species). The 

 botanical name, the common name, and the part of the plant used are 

 given in each case. The third and last section is "Calendar of Flora." 

 " Most of the dates given are the mean terms of several years' observa- 

 tion." Thirty-four entries are made, beginning with March 5th, "com- 

 mons becoming green," and ending with Oct. 30th, " woods leafless." 



1818. 



Notice of the Scenery, Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, etc., of Belmont 

 county, Ohio, by Caleb Atwater, Esq., of Circleville. American Journal 

 of Science (Silliman's Journal), 1818, Vol. I, p. 226. 



Two pages (228-9) of this article are devoted to Botany. Thirty 

 trees are enumerated in tabular form, and a few others, including some 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants, are noted. The uses of a few of them are 

 given. 



