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a letter fromtlie very excellent Balbis^ of Lyons, in which he informs 

 me that his friend and former student, the active Bertero, has re* 

 ceived orders from the Royal Sardinian Government to explore, with 

 a botanical view, that hitherto unknown island, and to compile a Flora 



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of it. He will be provided with all necessary assistance at the public 



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expense : and thus we shall become acquainted with the vegetation 

 of Sardinia, as we are with that of Sicily and Corsica. Much may 

 be expected from the energy and zeal of the indefatigable Bertero. 

 ■' I can also give you a piece of botanical intelligence from Pans. 

 The celebrated Baron Bory de St. Vincent will in the course of this 

 year proceed to the Antilles ; there to examine that favourite tribe, 

 the FernSy of which he already possesses a very complete collection. 

 He expects to be able to elucidate all the points which Plumier left 

 doubtful. From the well-known Uberality of mind which this en- 

 lightened naturalist possesses, I should hope that it would be as 

 agreeable to him as to our Germans who are partial to the Ferns, to 

 have this information communicated In these pages ; and, whether 

 before or after his voyage has taken place, to see them thus placed 

 in connection will confer much nleasure on — J. A. Schultes. 



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INFORMATION RESPECTING 



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THE GERMAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY, 



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Establishedjor the purpose of sending Collectors to different Countries 



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Brewster^s Edinburgh Journal of Science 



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excellent Institution, and invited 



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To that work therefore we may re 



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1 Wlshment. In London, Mr. Christy, of Gracechurch-street, and Mr 



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able amount of subscriptions has been transmitted. We are desirous 



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of giving still more publicity to the undertaking, confident as we^^^ 

 that it must tend materially to increase our knowledge of the veg^ 

 table productions of the globe ; but feel that we cannot do it ^^ ' 



ter than in the words of a circular letter which has been translate 



