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inquiries ; the two latter at the expense of the French mo- 

 narch. On his return from the third voyage he settled at 

 PariS) in the character of his order, and in 1703 published 

 his Nova Pluntarwn Genera. 4to. In this work, constructed 

 on Tournefort's method, the author described and pre- 

 sented the figures of 106 new genera, among which are many 

 of the plants used in medicine. In 1 704 he died at Port St, 

 Mary, near Cadiz, when he was on the point of embarking 

 for Peru, to discover and delineate the Peruvian Bark Tree; 

 but before his death he had prepared for the press another 

 great work, entitled Traite des Fougeres de f Ameriquey 

 which was published in 1705, in folio, at the royal expense, 

 and with royal magnificence. — Pulteny'^ Sketches, 



Catesby. p. 141. 



For some account of Mark Catesby, see vol. ii, chap- 

 ter 26, of this work. His Natural History of Carolina, &c. 

 was, at the time of its publication, in 1730 — 1743, the most 

 splendid work of the kind that Great-Britain had ever pro- 

 duced ; and, indeed, it had scarcely a rival in magnificence 

 on earth. Many of the most beautiful and useful plants were, 

 in this performance, for the first time, exhibited in their true 

 proportions and natural colours. The number of subjects de- 

 scribed and figured in the work is as follows: Plants 171 — 

 Quadrupeds 9 — Birds 1 1 1 — Amphibia 33 — Fishes 46 — In- 

 sects 31. 



Kalm. p. 142. 



Peter Kalm, the Swedish traveller in America, was a 

 clergyman. On his return to his native country he was ap- 

 pointed Professor of Economy at Abo^ where he died, Novem- 

 ber 16, 1779, aged sixty-three. 



CoLDEN and Muhlenberg, p. 142. 



Among the botanists enumerated in the above-mentioned 

 page. Dr. Colden, and the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, are 

 represented as native Americans. This was inadvertently done. 

 The former was a native of Scotland (see vol. ii. chap. 26 of 



