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applaufe. Some of his publications * give great 

 credit to his parts; but thefe fhould be encouraged 

 and rewarded by a better penfion. The Floren- 

 tine country is, in a botanical refpect, but imper- 

 fectly known by Micbelfs publications, fince pro- 

 perly he has only defcribed and drawn the moffes. 

 Leontice Leant op etalon, Aldrovanda, &rc. are found 

 in Tufcany, though fcarce. The happy climate -f 

 favours the growth of exotic plants in the bota- 

 nical gardens. Melia Aredar. Callicarpa Ameri- 

 cana, and many other exotic plants, are kept here 

 in the open fields, and thrive in large trunks; 

 being in the Northern countries conftantly kept iri 

 warm-houfes, where they never grow beyond the 

 form of fickly fmall plants. If Upfal were iri 

 Tufcany or Naples, our immortal Linn^us would 

 certainly have given to Flora and its treafures > the 

 moft convenient abode. 



Mr. Fabrini, employed at the Mint of Florence^ 

 is poflefled of a fine collection of minerals, (hells* 

 petrifactions, and other natural curiofideSj which 



* Metodo Jicuro per diflruggere i fucciameli con alcune rtfleffioni 

 di Agricoltura di Gio. Lapi. Firenze, 1767. 8vo. Difc or/a ful 

 tflermlnio del Loglio e. d* allre pianle native. Firenze, 1767. 

 8vo. 



f This appears remarkably in the unexampled Regale o^ 

 Monopoly of Ice, which, by the Sovereign^ is let to private 

 farmers. 



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