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having been removed a few years since to the new 

 Orto Fisico under the care of Mr. Targioni, which 

 is a liberal establishment and an extensive ground 

 well laid out, a part being destined for agricultural 

 experiments. There is a want of glass, but improve- 

 ments are making, and the collection of plants in- 

 creases. Mr. Targioni is a man of much acuteness, 

 and has great love for science, and of a most amia- 

 ble disposition, and highly liberal in communicating". 

 I have not only had the advantage of selecting spe- 

 cimens from the garden, but also of examining all 

 the Lie hens, to the number of several hundred, in the 

 rich herbarium of Micheli, and of taking what spe- 

 cimens I pleased ; I have therefore verified all the 

 synonyms of that author, and made out a list for 

 Mr. Targioni of the Acharian names. Agricultural 

 and botanical lectures in the Linnsean system are 

 given at stated periods, both at the garden and the 

 academy of the Georgofili. Mr. Targioni's son is 

 professor of chemistry, and is a good entomologist. 

 At the head of the Royal Museum, which is a 

 magnificent establishment, especially in minerals, is 

 Mr. Radi, a young man of the first talents, indefa- 

 tigable as a botanist, and in every branch of natural 

 history, of which he has more practical knowledge 

 than any person I have ever known. We are con- 

 stant companions, and make excursions into the 

 mountains occasionally. I have been able to assist 

 him in the Lichens, so that now he has become 

 well acquainted with all the Cryptogamia of the 

 country. He had already discovered new Mosses, 

 particularly the Fabronia pusilla, of which genus 



