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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Arbustrum Americanum: the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs…

Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank, 1785.

Like his cousin, John Bartram (No. 1832), Marshall maintained a private botanical garden. According to W. Darlington the above work is “the first truly indigenous botanical essay published in the Western Hemisphere”. It contains some information about medicines.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1836.1
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2189
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLarbustrumamericanum-the-american-grove-or-an-alphabetical-catalogue-of-forest-trees-and-shrubs

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia