TO 



PRESIDENT OF THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, ZOOLOGY AND MINERALOGY 



IN THE 



UJVTFERSITr ; 

 SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK: 



PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION FOR INSTRUCTING 



THE DEAF AND DUMB, 



#c. #c. $c. 



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. 



