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Excerpt from Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or a Systematic Arrangement and Description of the Plants of North America, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing, Besides What Have Been Described by Preceding Authors, Many New and Rare Species, Collected During Twelve Years Travels and Residence in That Country
As it may be interesting to some readers to have a sketch of the particulars of my stay in America, and to be informed of the means by which I became pos sessed ofso general a collectionofits plants, Ishall give a few outlines thereof, previous to the necessary remarks respecting the execution of the work itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.