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'OUry one who executed his tafk. The benefit cf 

 .viikmg the botanical garden at every hour of 

 the day, gave him an opportunity to make the 

 mod accurate obfervations on the buds of trees, 

 from whence he drew the moil curious infe- 

 rences, which he publillied in 1749, in a differ- 

 tation de Gemmis arborum. In the year 1750, 

 Dr. Linncsus began to draw up his Philofophia 

 Botanica, but he was attacked by fo violent a fit 

 of the gout, that he was almofl pafl all hopes 

 of recovery ; the difeafe hov/ever relenting a 

 little, he dilated the work to LoeJIing, who 

 went on with it as fall as the prefs could go. 

 This bufinefs, was not only amufing to Loefling, 

 but proved very ufeful to him ', for he never 

 failed to apply to his tutor for the elucidation of 

 fuch articles as he did not underfland, which 

 was readily granted, and thus the pupil became 

 a perfect mailer of the Doctor's fyftem and its 

 fpirit. 



Limiaus purfued his grand plan in botany with 

 an undaunted courage and perfeverance in 

 fpite of all the fatigues, obloquy, and ingrati- 

 tude he met with. His difciples were gone to the 

 moll diilant pafts of the globe, and returned 

 loaden with the moil curious difcoveries. Kalra 

 from Canada^ Ofieck from China^ HajTckinft from 

 &v"/>/, 'Tor em from ^itratLi and Mcntin from. 



