William P. C. Barton (1786-1856) was a naval surgeon and professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania. His Flora of North America (1823) is a catalogue of the flowering native plants of North America illustrated with hand-colored engravings.In publishing it Barton hoped to promote an interest in botany among American scientists and the general public.
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