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Wakefield, Priscilla. An introduction to botany, in a series of familiar letters, with illustrative engravings. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c. The third American edition. To which are added, a catalogue of the most approved English names of the principal native and naturalized American plants, alphabetically arranged; with the names of the genera, and the classes and orders to which they respectively belong; according to the system of Linnaeus:--and a glossary of botanical terms.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20338, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20338. Accessed 2024-11-22.

@book{ wphp_20338
  author={Wakefield,Priscilla},
  year={1818},
  title={An introduction to botany, in a series of familiar letters, with illustrative engravings. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c. The third American edition. To which are added, a catalogue of the most approved English names of the principal native and naturalized American plants, alphabetically arranged; with the names of the genera, and the classes and orders to which they respectively belong; according to the system of Linnaeus:--and a glossary of botanical terms.},
  publisher={Solomon White Conrad},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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