ITALY. LETTER II. 



LETTER II. 



Padua, Sept.%0, 1775: 



I Arrived at Venice when moft of the gentle- 

 men whofe acquaintance is defirable to me 

 Were in the country. Therefore I have made a 

 trip to Padua, Vicenza, and Verona. It is three 

 days fmce I arrived here, and, as far as my oppor- 

 tunities will permit, I will give you an account of 

 the principal curiofities of this place, which lie in 

 our way, and have not been defcribed before. 



The Botanic Garden is one of the finefl and 

 richeft I ever faw. Its plan is convenient, proper, 

 and elegant. The late profeflbr of botany, Pon- 

 tedera, has greatly improved it, under the direc- 

 tion of the Riformatori dello Studio di Padova ; 

 and the prefent learned profeflbr, Giovanni Mar- 

 fill, auchor of a treatife de fungo Carrarienji vel 

 crepitu Lupi, has a great correfpondence with the 

 chief botanifts of Europe. To keep plants of 

 warmer climates in the beds of the garden, they 

 have contrived wainfcot flmtters with glafs win- 

 dows? 



