PREFATORY REMARKS. 



New Bern is situated in latitude 35° 20' N. in a 

 portion of that large tertiary region appropriately- 

 called the " low country" of Carolina; about eighty- 

 miles below the primitive formations, fifty to seventy- 

 miles from the sea coast, and a little above the flow 

 of the tides, at the junction of Neuse and Trent 

 rivers. 



In this vicinity the White-flowering Cornel, or 

 Dogwood (Cornus jlorida,) is in full bloom about the 

 middle of April ; Stewartia Virginica blooms about 

 the 20th May, and the cultivated Cotton plant (Gos- 

 sypium herbaceum and hirsictum) begins to flower 

 during the first week in July. Wheat ripens about 

 the 10th June. 



The plants of chief importance in the agriculture 

 of this section of country are, Indian Corn, Cot- 

 ton, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Sweet Potatoes, (Convolvulus 

 Batatas, Linn.) Tobacco, and Rice. 



The Natural System of Botany, the great outline 

 of which was first sketched by Jussieu, having now 

 fairly superseded the artificial system of Linne", I 



