Hortus americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions, of South-America and the West-India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica; interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics
By: By the late Henry Barham ; to which are added, a Linnaean index, &c. &c. &c
Publisher: printed and published by Alexander Aikman
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Kingston, Jamaica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Botany; Medicinal Plants; Edible Plants
Notes: Text written in 1711; indexes added by Aikman.

"Interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics"

Stafleu (2nd) 308.

Pritzel (2nd) 413.

Cundall 426.

ESTC T87904.

Copy 1 Note: The fly-leaf is inscribed 'To the Hon. William Mitchell' from the editor.