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 PRESIDENT OF THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



PROFESSOR OP BOTANY, ZOOLOGY AND MINERALOGY 



IN THE 



UNIVERSITY; 

 SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK : 



PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION FOR INSTRUCTING 



THE DEAF AND DUMB, 



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THIS CATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS 



GROWING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE 



CITY OF NEW-YORK, 



IS INSCRIBED, 

 AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT, 



AND 



AS A TOKEN OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



TO HIM, 



WHO FIRST RECOMMENDED THE UNDERTAKING, 



