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I am much indebted to this valuable work for infor- 

 mation upon the economical value of our timber 

 trees given in the following description of our 

 Woody Plants. 



Frederic Pursh, a German, author of a valuable 

 " Flora of North America," and who traveled exten- 

 sively in the Northern and Middle States, pretends 

 to have extended his journeyings to North Carolina, 

 but his statement is deemed rather more than doubt- 

 ful. 



Mr. Kin, a German nurseryman living at Philadel- 

 phia, visited our State in the early part of the present 

 century. He was a man of little cultivation, not 

 properly a Botanist, and his discoveries were pub- 

 lished by others. 



Thomas Nuttall, an Englishman, but long a 

 resident in this country, a most accomplished Bota- 

 nist, who has contributed as much as any one man 

 to the discovery and ejucidation of the floral treas- 

 ures of North America, examined portions of our 

 mountain and lower districts. He is the author of 

 " Genera of North American Plants," and of many 

 important botanical papers in the scientific journals 

 of this country. He died in 1859. 



H. B. Croom, Esq., and Dr. II. Looms, made a 

 pretty careful exploration of the vicinity of Newbern, 

 and their observations were published, in 1833, in a 

 Catalogue of Plants of Newbern and vicinity. A 

 second and enlarged Catalogue was printed in 1837 

 by Mr. Croom. In this the services of Mr. Geo. 



