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is not at prefent the fame plenty of plants as of 

 late, when Mr. Manetti publilhed Viridarium Flo- 

 rentinum, feu ccnfpeflum plant arum, qiice floruerunt 

 & femina dederunt. Florent. 1751, cum Appen- 

 dice, 1752. 



The celebrated Petri Antonii Micbeli Catalcgus 

 ylantarum horti Cafari Florentini, cum Prof. D. 

 Joh. Targioni Tozzetti, indicates a ftill greater 

 plenty of this garden, which fuffers at prefent by 

 want of a convenient fund. 



Mr. Manetti is author and publilher of Storia 

 naturale degli luccelli y with coloured prints ; whofc 

 firfl volume appeared at Florence, 1767, /<?/. The 

 figures are drawn after living birds kept in the 

 Grand Duke's menagery al Giardino di Bololi, 

 near the palace Pitti , or after fluffed ones in the 

 fine collections of Senator Gerini and Mr. Mlnnl ; 

 or copied from books. He is likewife author of 

 a good periodical paper, under the title of, Ma- 

 gazino Tofeano, which contains many ufeful objects 

 relating to phyfic and hufbandry. Another paper 

 of that kind is properly defigned for Dietetics, 

 or objects relating to he prefer vation of the hu- 

 man body. A third Florentine paper is called 

 Giornals di Firence. The Novelle Letterarie di 

 Firence have ceafed with the life of the learned 

 Mr. Lami. 



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