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attracted more attention than its collateral 

 branches. This may be in some measure 

 owing to the greater perfection displayed 

 in the systematic arrangement, and physio- 

 logical history of plants, to the superior at- 

 tractions displayed by the varied and beau- 

 tiful forms of the vegetable kingdom, or to 

 the facility with which extensive collections 

 may be arranged and preserved. . 



In the notices which we propose to give 

 of the progress of this science among us, we 

 shall necessarily be brief, as the same 

 ground has been occupied by the writer of 

 an able article on the history of American 

 Botany in the thirteenth volume of the JVorth 

 American Review^ and more recently by Pro- 

 fessor Hooker, of Glasgow, in the Edinburgh 

 Journal of Science for 1825, conducted by 

 Dr. Brewster. Nothing has contributed so 

 much to extend our acquaintance with the 

 plants of this country, as the publication of 

 local Floras, which have been already nu- 

 merous, and new ones are now of frequent 

 occurrence. It will be sufficient for our 

 present purpose to mention the Catalogue of 

 Plants near Connasarga River ^ the Catalogue of 

 Plants growing in East Florida^ Sill. i. and v. 



