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see them? I forgot a copy of Columna’s Phyto- 
basanos, in the same room with the manuscripts of 
Erasmus. I inquired at the library from Professor 
Falkner about the family of the Bauhins, and the 
herbarium, which he told me had been purchased by 
Doctor de la Chenal, who is director of the bota- 
nical garden here. I paid my next visit to him, and 
was received by him with great courtesy. He pur- 
chased for a very trifle Bauhin’s herbarium, which 
had lain neglected in the lumber-room of the house, 
and from which some parts had been taken; and 
he has since incorporated the remains of it with 
his own. He is extremely fond of botany, and gave 
considerable assistance to Haller in his great bota- 
nical work. His library is one of the best private 
ones I ever saw: witness Dillenii Hist. Muscor. 4to; 
Columne Ecphrasis and Phytobasanos ; Raii Sy- 
nopsis Plant. 1724. Sloane’s Jamaica. Gerard ; 
Jacquin; Linneus (Flor. Lapp., Crit. Botan., &c.) 
Jacquin has called a plant Lachenalia tricolor 
after this gentleman. He has given mea coloured 
plate of it. I talked to him about you, and en- 
gaged to inform you of his existence, that you 
might become acquainted with him. He offered to 
give you all assistance in his power with respect to 
Bauhin’s plants, about several of which Linneus 
has mistaken him. 
I must not forget one thing. When I talked of 
Columna’s Phytobasanos as rare, he said that he 
had a duplicate of it. I did not urge the matter 
further ; but I think it rather odd that he should have 
two copies, and the successor of Linnzus not one, 
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