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TO

ASA GRAY, M.D.,LL.D.,

FISHER PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCBIBED,

IN REMEMBRANCE

OF A LONG AND PLEASANT INTERCOURSE IN BOTANICAL PURSUITS,

BY HIS CORDIAL FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

Columbus, Ohio, August, 1864.