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various books ; and as Linnaeus always cites 

 Bauhin's Vinax, M^hich is the common bo- 

 tanical catalogue, or index to all previous 

 works, we thus gain a clue to every thing 

 recorded concerning our plant. Of all this 

 mass of information and entertainment M'e 

 shall find nothing more concise, luminous, or 

 engaging, either with respect to the distinc-. 

 tions, uses, or history of plants, than what is 

 diffused through the various publications of 

 Linnaeus himself; and the same may, with 

 at least equal truth, be said of those of his 

 works which illustrate the Animal kingdom, 

 His magic pen turns the wilds of Lapland 

 into fairy land. He has all the animals of 

 Sweden as much at his call, as our first pa-= 

 rent while the terrestrial paradise was yet in 

 primssval tranquillity. No writer whatc ver has 

 rendered the natural productions of the hap- 

 piest and most luxuriant climates of the globe 

 half so interesting or instructive as Linnaeus 

 has made those of his own northern countr}^ 

 The Classes of the Linna?an System are 

 24, and their distinctions are founded on the 

 number, situation, or proportion of the Sta- 

 mens, The Orders are founded either on the 



