OF

LOUISVILLE

And its Environs;

INCLUDING, AMONG A GREAT VARIETY OF MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, å

FLORULA LOUISVILLENSIS:

OR, A CATALOGUE OF

Nearly 400 Genera and 600 Species of Plants, that grow in the Vicinity of
the Town, exhibiting their Generic, Specific, and
Vulgar English Names.

BY H. M MURTRIE, M. D. &c.

Me nec tam patiens Lacedæmon,

Nec tam Larissæ percussit, campus opimæ,
Quam domus Albuneæ resonantis,

Et præceps Ohis ac Tiburni lucus et uda,

Mollibus pomaria Rivis.

Hor. car. vii. lib. i.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

AN APPENDIX,

Containing an accurate Account of the Earthquakes experienced here from
the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted prin-
cipally from the Papers of the late J. Brookes, Esq.

FIRST EDITION.

LOUISVILLE,

PRINTED BY S. PENN, JUN. MAIN-STREET,

1819.

F 459 LX 17 1969

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Sct.

DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY.

BE it remembered that on the 4th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and in the 43d year of the Independence of the United States: H. M'Murtrie of the said district hath deposited in this office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the following words and figures, to wit:

"Shetches of Louisville and its Environs, including, among a great variety of "miscellaneous matter, a Florula Louisvillensis; or, a Catalogue of nearly "four hundred Genera, and six hundred species of Plants that grow in the vicin"ity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names : BY H. M'MURTRIE, M. D. &c.

"Me nec tam patiens Lacedæmon,
"Nec tam Larissa percussit campus opima,
"Quam domus Albunea resonantis,

"Et præceps Ohio ac Tiburni lucus et uda,
"Mollibus pomaria Rivis.—

-Hor. car. vii. lib. i.

"To which is added, an Appendix, containing an accurate Account of the "Earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1911, to the 7th "February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late Jared "Brookes, Esq."

In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and also an Act entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act entitled an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during, the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts or designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

[L. S.]

JOHN H. HANNA, Clerk,
District of Kentucky,

839529-128

ΤΟ

HIS EXCELLENCY

JAMES MONROE,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

THIS WORK

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.