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cess ! and after you have given your works to the 

 public, may you long enjoy the honours which your 

 abilities have acquired ! 



" May God grant you a long life, to investigate 

 the secrets of nature, as well as to improve the 

 powers of your mind in their contemplation ! and 

 may your valuable exertions benefit the literary 

 world as long as you live ! — Such is my sincere 

 prayer. Farewell !" 



In France, the correspondents of Linnaeus were 

 Messrs Angerville, Barrere, De Bomare, Duchesne, 

 Carrere, Chardon, Cusson, Guan, Guettard, the two 

 Jussieus, Le Monnier, Maynard, F. de Sauvages, 

 and the Abbe de Sauvages. 



Antoine de Jussieu, Professor of Botany at 

 Paris, to Linn^us at Hartecamp. 



« Paris, July 1, 1736. 



'' Sir, — I received with much pleasure your work 

 on the Musa, which I immediately read through 

 with avidity, and no less satisfaction ; not only be- 

 cause of the singularity of the plant itself, but for 

 the sake of your remarks. I never suspected that 

 this plant, which I had seen bearing flowers and 

 fruit in Spain, could produce any in Holland, as we 

 have never had an instance of the kind in the royal 

 garden at Paris, where it has not even flowered. 

 None of the other works mentioned as having been 

 published by you have ever reached me, and I shall 

 be greatly obliged by your ordering them to be sent 

 hither at my expense. I long very much to see 

 your Hortus Clifibrtianus and Flora Lapponica; 

 especially the latter, as the king has recently sent 



