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fessorship, they possess a degree of liberality which has been denied 

 his exertions by the majority of the Professors of that school. To the 

 fostering care of this board therefore, seconded by the funds at the 

 disposal of the Managers of the Infirmary — and aided by the gra- 

 tuitous labour at the command of that active and useful officer who 

 governs the internal police of the institution, Mr. John A. Inslee, 

 whose exertions have already done so much for the garden,* the 

 author feels fully justified in promising the public that the long wanted 

 Botanic establishment in this city, will next year be in a state of con- 

 siderable forwardness— and will afford him an opportunity of show- 

 ing to what causes may be fairly ascribed the frustraneous result which 

 has heretofore attended his efforts ; since works of this nature cannot, 

 in any reason, be expected to succeed without funds, public patron- 

 age, or the aid of some public body. The author dwells on this ac- 

 quisition to his means of illustrating the Botany of North America 

 with great pride, because it will show what he was long since able to 

 have effected elsewhere, had aid, patronage, and funds been bestowed 

 on his first endeavours, instead of a regular system of opposition and 

 discouragement ; and because it will furnish the means of convincing 

 all concerned in governing the courses of medical education, of the 

 high importance and usefulness of Botany as an undergraduate course 

 in elementary studies. 



* For a more particular account of this Botanic establishment, and the medical 

 advantages of the Infirmary, the public is referred to a pamphlet which will be 

 shortly published. 



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