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EoKSTEB, JoHANX GrEORG Adam (1754-1794), SOU of the next 

 named ; accompanied liis father on Cook's second circum- 

 navigation ; afterwards Professor at Wilna. 



FoESTER, JoHAXN Eeinuold (1729-1798). Naturalist on board 

 the ' Resolution,' with George Forster and A. Sparrman. 

 Sundry plants were supplied to Linne from the Southern 

 hemisphere. 



FoTHERGiLL, JoHX (1712-1780). Corresponded with Linne, and 

 sent him both plants and animals. 



■Gabriel, Frater [Baron be Latourdaigxes ?] (fl. 1757-1768). 

 Plants sent from Aix in Provence ; the collector was a 

 Capuchin monk. 



Gahx, Henrik (1747-1816). Specimens sent from England, 

 where he was offered the chance of taking part in a voyage 

 of exploration ; his decision to decline the proposition seems 

 to have annoyed Linne. 



Garden, Alexa>'^der (1730-1791). Plants, etc. from Carolina, 

 principally through Collinson and John Ellis. 



Gerard, Louis (1733-1819). Provencal plants. 



Gerber, Traugott (fl. 1739-1741), Prefect of the Moscow 

 Medical Garden ; drew up lists of plants observed by the rivers 

 Volga and Don, which lists were sent by Baron Bjelke to 

 Linne, and some of the plants by Prince Demidoff. 



Gessner, JoHANN (1709-1790), of Ziirich, where he was professor 

 of mathematics and physics, at the same time the friend and 

 correspondent of Haller and Linne ; Gessuer communicated 

 Dick's plants. 



Gleditsch, JohaNjS^ Gottlieb (1714-1786), professor in Berlin. 



Gmelin, Johann Georg (1709-1755). Spent 1733-1743 in 

 Siberian exploration for the Eussian Government ; from 

 1749 professor in Tiibingen. Linne's statement is: — 

 " On Gmelin's return from Siberia, ... he gave me a 

 specimen of every plant he had collected, in order to learn 

 my opinion of each." Steller was one of Gmelin's assistants. 



Gordon, James (d. 1783), Nurseryman at Mile End, 1750-1776; 

 sent plants to Linne. 



Gorter, David yan (1717-1783). Became physician in the 

 Eussian service ; sent plants from Eussia. 



Gouan, Antoixe (1733-1821). Constant correspondent, sending 

 material from Montpellier and its neighbourhood. His labels 

 are extremely neat. 



Gronovius, Jan Eredeik (1690-1762). An early friend and 

 supporter of Linne when in Leyden ; sent Clayton's dupli- 

 cates from Virginia. 



Gunner, Johan Ernst (1718-1773), bishop of Trondhjem, and 

 author of ' Elora norvegica ' ; a few marine algse sent to 

 Linne. 



Hagstrom, Johan Otto (1716-1792). One of Linne's cleverest 

 pupils ; he wrote on bee-flowers. 



