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cation. His practical botany was so limited, being en- 

 tirely subservient to his great objects, of forest planting 

 and vegetable physiology, that he had no attention to 

 spare for the consideration of methodical systems. Ac- 

 cordingly he tells us, that some such is necessary for the 

 use of botanists, especially of those who explore the pro- 

 ductions of foreign countries, but whether the method of 

 Ray, Tournefort, Boerhaave, Van-Royen, Linnaeus, or 

 Bernard de Jussieu be adopted, is of no importance. Six 

 years before Duhamel's work came out, Dalibard had 

 published, in 1749, his Flora Parisiensis Prodromus, ac- 

 cording to the Linnaean system. 



It has always appeared to the writer of this, from the 

 conversation and writings of French botanists, that the 

 judgement of the learned Le Monnier, and the countenance 

 of his patron the Duke D'Ayen, afterwards Marechal de 

 Noailles, first established the reputation of Linnaeus in 

 France ; not so much possibly for the sake of his system, 

 as his discoveries, his commodious nomenclature, and his 

 clear principles of discrimination. When Le Monnier 

 botanized in Chili, in the company of the astronomers with 

 whom he was associated, he soon found, like Dr. Garden 

 in South Carolina, that the classification of Tournefort 

 was no key to the treasury of a new world. He however 

 made his remarks and collections, and studied them sub- 

 sequently under the auspices of a more comprehensive 

 guide. The Marechal de Noailles, a great cultivator of 

 exotic trees and shrubs, corresponded with the Swedish 

 naturalist, and endeavoured to recommend him to the no- 

 tice of the lovers of plants in France. Meantime Gerard 

 and Gouau in the south, both introduced themselves to 

 the illustrious Swede, and promulgated his principles and 

 discoveries, though only the latter adopted his classifica- 

 tion. Villars we have already noticed as the author of a 

 Linnaean Histoire des Plantes de Dauphine. He died lately, 

 Professor of Botany at Strasburgh, where he succeeded 

 the very able and philosophical Hermann, one of the truest 



