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Kaempfer*; as does Gefnerus f, 'from the 

 fame page j yet they differ widely. I 

 have not at prefent Kaempfer by me; 

 but may be allowed to notice one thing, 

 not very credible in each, according to 

 their principles, viz. " Nemus foecunda- 

 " ri univerfum poteft ab una phoenice 

 "florida;" Gefner. ** Singulare quod 

 " fpadices exficcati ad thalamos apti funt, 

 " et in annum pofterum, falva virtute, af- 

 •* fervari poffant;" Wahlbom. 

 {36. "PALMicoL^inotiffimaTheophra- 

 " fl.o,Plinio,Kaempfero, aliifque. Piftaciae 

 " cultura in Archipelago j Tournefortius. 

 " Caprificatio veterum, et adhuc in Archi- 

 " pelago, per infeda." Vid. differt. noftr. 

 de ficu ; Linnaeus if. Neither Theophra- 

 ftus, Pliny, or Kaempfer, relate the cul- 

 ture of palm-trees, as frSm their proper 

 knowledge ; and are contradided by an 

 eye witnefs, Pere Labat. 



As for the culture of piftacia in the 



Archi" 



• Amaen. p, 706. 

 t Differt. p, 85. 

 l?h\l, bot. p. 92. 



