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k belief that it might contribute in feme de- 

 gree to render a knowledge of this fubjedl 

 more familiar and eafy, has been induced to 

 draw up this Alphabetical Catalogue of the 

 Foreft Trees and Shrubs, natives of the Ame- 

 rican United States, as mentioned by the beft 

 authors, or fince difcovered by ingenious tra- 

 vellers. In this Catalogue are contained their 

 Linnaean Generic and trivial names, (or new 

 formed ones where thefe have been wanting) 

 together with their moft common and approv- 

 ed Englifh ones ; the particular diftinguiftiing 

 characters of each Genus ; a plain and fami- 

 liar defcription of the appearance, manner of 

 growth, 8cc, of their feveral Ipecies and va- 

 rieties ; and alfo, fome hints of their native 

 foil and fituation, ufes in Medicine, as Dyes 

 and in domeftic oeconomy. 



As terms peculiar to the fcience frequently 

 and unavoidably occur, it was judged necef- 

 fary, in order to render the work more ufeful 

 and complete, to prefix a general explanation 

 of the Linnaean fyftem of arrangement, as. 

 alfo of the ufeful and unavoidable fcientific 

 terms; for this and other purpofes the author 

 has availed himfelf from the beft writers, of 

 what has been judged moft applicable and 

 conducive to his defign. The whole forming 

 an ufefal Vademecum Botanicum^ or Botanical 

 Companion. 



In this my Countrymen are prefented at one 

 view with a concife defcription of their own 

 native Foreft Trees and Shrubs, as far as hi- 

 therto difcovered. And thofe w^hofe fancy 



may 



