Letter from the Chevalier de Martius to the Editor. 383 
lished some months ago, the first volume of our travels from 
io de Janeiro through S. Paulo, to the centre of the 
gold-mines. Besides this Mr. de Spix has published 
description (in folio) of the new Ais ses and anot 
(in 4to) of the new serpents of Brazil,and I, the firs 
razil. (in 4to,) You will oblige me very 
ing your einige with these publica- 
‘If you wish to have, from time to time literary 
notices of new German aa ie I shall send them to you 
with great pleasure, especially the bulletins of our Royal 
Aca tea and the Flora, a botanical Gazette, published 
the Royal Society ‘of Boteay at Ratisbonne, by the 
ee you will be able to judge of the condition of Linneus’ 
amabil. scient. in German 
I have no correspondence with any botanist of your 
extensive and rich country, and should feel grateful to 
you, sir, if by your mediation, | could enter into a corres- 
pondence with some gentlemen willing to communicate 
the riches of the North American Flora in exchange for 
African and European plants and seeds. I beg you, sir, 
to communicate this project to your learned sp ea ngest 
erlended 0 give in the last Cahier of my Genera and 
Species plan i ‘Speci 
ntarum, a Synopsis of all the Species of Pal 
till now Prnow ame should be very glad to eae 
The flowers may be sent dried, or yet better in glasses 
filled with brandy, a manner by which I prese served my 
collection of more than one hundred Brasilian Palms. To 
facilitate this sending, I beg you to give me the name of 
one of your European a to whom I may 
direct larger fackets with books plants and minerals. If 
this should not be convenient to that gentleman, I wish 
you might send all which is destined to me; ~~ the 
following eis Oe = y Mi ay 
2 A Son Exe A } a ae ae: oe 
de Sa Mircne ie Ro de Baviére, a Paris ,or 
LA aie le Baron de Cetto, ave rgé affaires te Sa 
é le Baviére, a’) 
ee ee 
ese ws gentlemen b eing duly sieventaia ie a fase 
2s from ee pel si forward all you send me, to my * 
