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fhare in this reputation, and in the great number 

 of valuable performances which they have pub- 

 lifted in almoft every part of literature. The ex- 

 cellent DiiTertations of" the Academy del Cimentd 

 and della Crufca are univerfally known ; and why 

 fhould I name to you fo many private men, which 

 have diftinguiftied themfelves in every part of the 

 fciences, and of good tafte ? The flourifhing foci- 

 ety for the improvement of hufbandry, and ano- 

 ther, which is entirely planned for botany, deferve 

 great efteem. Not to fpeak of Florence in parti- 

 cular, there are well-ordinated Univerfities at Pifa 

 and Sienna-, in that city a celebrated fociety of 

 the fciences, and a botanical one at Cortona. This 

 certainly feeins fufficient for a country whofe cir- 

 cumference is not very large; but the generous 

 public fpirit of its prefent Sovereign, and his own 

 acquaintance with the Mufes, will give to his refi- 

 dence a new fplendour, by the eftablifiiment of a 

 new Academy, calculated for every practical ufe- 

 ful fcience, which will the better anfwef his pur- 

 pofe, as there is no fparing of expences. The 

 palace Totrigiano has been bought for the Aca- 

 demy, and is changing now into halls, and cabi- 

 nets of books, natural curiofmes, phyfical inftru- 

 ments, anatomical preparations, and other requi- 

 fites. A botanical garden, a chemical laboratory,, 

 and an agronomical obfervatory, are building. 

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