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Account of the Botanical Collections of Professor C. S. 
Mafinesque. 
I began to herborize and collect plants in 1795, when 
a child. In 1815, 1 lost by my shipwreck all my early 
herbals of Europe and America, made during 20 years, 
among which a superb herbal of Sicily of 2000 species 
and 20,000 specimens. In 1816 I began over again in 
N. America, and have collected in 18 States and Cana- 
da during 16 years, have received besides, plants from 
all the States and Territories, from Missouri, Oregon 
and Texas, to Florida, explored our botanical gardens 
and public herbals, and exchanged with European bo- 
tanists. 
My own herbals contain now about 4200 If. Ameri- 
can species, 5000 varieties, and 25,000 specimens, nine 
tenths of which have been collected by myself, and after 
exchanging or selling already 10,000 specimens. My 
foreign herbals contain about 3,000 species and 8000 
specimens from Europe, Asia, Africa, Polynesia, South 
America and Mexico. I have travelled for this nearly 
15,000 miles, of which 5000 as a pedestrian botanist 
over N. America. My plants are chiefly phenogamous. 
Those who have added to my N. Amer. herbals, are 
1 . Ladies : Miss Jane Short, Mrs. Mary Holley born 
Austin, Mrs. Wallace, Martin, Betton, &c. 
2. Professors and Doctors. Drs. Torrey, Short, Mil- 
ler, Ward, Crockatt, Hart, Macwilliams, Brereton, 
Mease, Brickell, Mitchell, Eddy, Crawford, Locke, &c. 
3. Botanical Authors. Bradbury, Lewis, Beck, El- 
liot, Conrad, Halsey, Eaton, Muhlenberg, &c. 
4. Gentlemen or Gardeners , &c. Graissen, John C. 
Short, Ridgely, Kingston, Robert and John Carr, Stein- 
hauer, Booth, Macarran, Knevels, Shultz, Waterhouse, 
Adlum, Forrest, Durand, Walton, Limner, &c. 
Those who have added to my exotic herbals, are 
Decandolle, Moricand, Trattenick, Sieber, Bory, 
Hooker, Swainson, Sheperd, Romer, Shultze, Carr, 
Lesueur, Biyona, &c. 
Those who have bought or received some of my plants 
are, Decandolle, Moricand, Torrey, Collins, Elliott, 
Maclure, Radi, Savi, Swainson, Bory, Yandermalen, 
Agardh, Schreber, Arnott, Hooker, Bastard, Lanthois, 
