chronological, biographical, literary, and critical : tracing the progress of the art in this country from the invasion of the Romans to the present time

containing generic and specific descriptions of the indigenous plants and common cultivated exotics, growing north of the gulf of Mexico ; part first: North American plants, arranged according to the Linnean artificial method; improved by Persoon, Pursh, Nuttall, and others ; part second: North American plants, arranged according to Jussieu's natural method; improved by Lindley, Brown, De Candolle, and others

o saggio di una fisica descrizione del mondo