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Excerpt from Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural: Being Also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States The following paper is prepared by direction of the Surgeon General, for which purpose the author was released tempora rily from service in the field and hospital. It is intended as a repertory of scientific and popular knowl edge as regards the medicinal, economical, and useful properties Of the trees, plants, and shrubs found within the limits of the Confederate States, whether employed in the arts, for manufac turing purposes, or in domestic economy, to supply a present 'as well as a future want. Treating specially of our medicinal plants and of the best substitutes for foreign articles of vegeta ble origin, my aim has been to spare no exertions, compatible with the limits assigned me, to make it applicable as well to the requirements Of the Surgeon as of the Planter and Farmer; and I trust that after the war shall have ceased there will still be no diminution in the desire of every one to possess a source from whence his curiosity may be satisfied on matters pertaining to our useful plants. The Regimental Surgeon in the field, the Physician in his private practice, or the Planter on his estate may themselves collect and apply these substances within their reach, which are frequently quite as valuable as others obtained from abroad, and either impossible to be pro cured or scarce and costly. But information scattered through a variety Of sources must needs be first collected to be available in any practical point of view. I have, therefore, inserted whatever I thought would throw light upon the vegetable productions of the Confederate States, iv preface. 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.