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Excerpt from A Flora of the State of New-York, Vol. 1: Comprising Full Descriptions of All the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants Hitherto Discovered in the State; With Remarks on Their Economical and Medicinal Properties The Act for a Geological Survey of new-york, passed by the Legislature in 1836, makes provision for a full account of the Natural History of the State. Having been appointed to take charge of the Botanical Department of the Survey, I present in these volumes the results of my labors. 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.