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1798 Sir James republished Reflexions on the 
Study of Nature, which was then out of print, to- 
gether with the following essays, reviews, and de- 
scriptions, collected together in one octavo volume, 
which he dedicated to his valued friend, James 
Crowe, Esq., of Lakenham, under the above title. 
Discourse on the Rise and Progress of Natural 
History. 
Observations on the Irritability of Vegetables. 
Review of Mr. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. 
Review of Berkenhout’s Synopsis. 
Review of An Easy Introduction to Drawing. 
Review of a Dutch edition of Systema Nature. 
An Essay on the Genus of Dorsiferous Ferns. 
Description of a new Genus of Plants called 
Sprengelia. 
Description of a new Genus of Plants called 
Westringia. 
Description of a new Genus of Plants called 
Boronia. 
Mr. Pennant to J. E. Smith. 
Dear Sir, Downing, Sept. 6, 1798. 
I waited only for a frank, that you might receive 
gratuitously my thanks for your acceptable present 
of Tracts relating to Natural History: they giveme 
great pleasure, especially your account of my favour- 
iteGesner. Did you know that he died of theplague? 
When he was attacked, he collected his papers or 
works, fell to correcting, and died in the employ. 
I—but how dare I put my name in level with so 
