Note 202 — Chapter XXIV · DESCRIPTION OF FORT CLARKE AND THE ENVIRONS
Hannibal Evans Lloyd translation
Frederick Pursh (1774-1820), a foreign botanist who came to the United States in 1799 and spent twelve years exploring its plant life. In 1811 he went to England where he published Flora Americæ Septentrionalis (London, 1814). He died at Montreal while arranging a catalogue of Canadian plants. See also Bradbury's Travels in our volume v, p. 26.—Ed.