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and am ordered to return you her best thanks. I 
am also very contented to have seen this very neat 
publication, as Iam upon the point of publishing 
something of the same kind, comprehending the 
Scandinavian vegetables; as we want entirely a 
synopsis of our Flora, the contents of which 1s 
known but to exceedingly few. The cryptogamous 
parts having been greatly augmented of late, some 
summary is looked for earnestly. 
The botanical part of Rees’s Cyclopedia I long to 
see, and must have it at any price or rate, if it be 
had separately in the manner of the entomological 
part, written I suppose by Leach. The Cyclopedia 
itself will not so easily find its way to the North. 
The delay you have proved by the continuation 
of your Mora Britannica cannot but be very disa- 
greeable. You will, however, probably find means 
to carry your most excellent enterprise to an end 
wished for by all cultivators of our amiable science. 
It gives me great pain to hear the valetudinarian 
state of my highly respected fautor Sir Joseph 
Banks. But it is our lot, poor beings ! to leave the 
stage some way or other. He does it however not 
without leaving the brightest marks behind. 
I hope you have received the last volume of our 
Academy’s Handlingar, which I sent both for your 
account and for the Linnean Society, together with 
those for Sir Joseph, to whom the parcel was ad- 
dressed. 
From our mutual friend Mr. Hooker I have re- 
ceived news at times that have interested me ex- 
ceedingly. I can hardly say what I admire more 
