Excerpt from A Class-Book of Botany, Designed for Colleges, Academies and Other Seminaries: In Two Parts, Part I. The Elements of Botanical Science, Part II. The Natural Orders; Illustrated by a Flora of the Northern, Middle and Western States, Particularly of the United States North of the Capitol, Lat. 384°
With regard tothe sources ofinformationfromwhich this partot'the work has been prepared, it is proper to state, that I have for several years been engaged in the collection ofmaterials, during which I have made extensive tours with th'n object in view, in nearly every section of country which th'u Flora repreautts, andhave had acce to numerous and exten aiveherbaria. Bytheae meana,lhave beenable bdrawthe description of about nine tenths of the species mentioned from the living or dried specimen. For additional information, I have availed myself of the best authorities within my reach, among which are the botanical works of Push, Michael. Smith, Nahll, Tone}, Beck.
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