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26. The Reverend Dr. Henry Muhlenberg, of Lan- 

 caster, in Pennsylvania, is preparing for publication a 

 work, entitled, Descriptio Uberior Plantarum LancaS' 

 triensium. Dr. Muhlenberg is already well known 

 to the public as an able botanist. 



Editor. 



27. The Editor of this Journal is preparing for 

 publication his Prodromus of a Flora of the States of 

 New-Torh^ Neiv-Jersey^ Pennsylvania, Delaivare, 

 Maryland^ and Virginia. A short prospectus of this 

 work will be given in a future part of the Journal. 



Editor. 



Mineralogy. 



28. ' A large mine of Manganese has been disco- 

 vered in the county of Shenandoah, in the great cal- 

 careous valley between the Blue-Ridge (or South- 

 Mountain) and the North-Mountain. Mines of this 

 useful mineral have been discovered in other parts of 



Virginia, &:c., &c. 



Editor, 



29. In the month of July last, the Editor of this 

 Journal discovered, in the neighbourhood of Reading, 



