" Omncs res create sunt divinse sapientite et potentire testes, divitire felieitatis 

 hunianaj : — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritiidine sa-pientia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in conservatione, proj^ortione, renovatione, potcntia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaqiie indagatio ab hominibus sibi relictis semper a^stimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fait." — Linnaeus. 



" Quel que soit le principe de la yie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le chef-d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et lebut auquel se rappor- 

 teut toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Theorie du Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



.... The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That iDress with ni)nble step the momitain-tliyme 



And purjDle lieath-flower come not empty-handed, 



Eut scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or liclien, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventm-er's tread. 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



FLA MM AM. 



