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writings. The preface contains a fliort hiftory of 

 the rife and progrefs of botany, and an acknow- 

 ledgment of the aid the author received in the 

 compilation of this work, by his free aecefs to the 

 libraries of Mr. Sprekelfen at Hamburgh^ Dr. Gro- 

 novius at Leyden^ and particularly to thofe of his 

 patron Mr. Clifford^ and Dr. Burman^ profeffor of 

 botany at Amjlerdam. Authors are claffed in this 

 work as follows : 



1. P aires, 9. Peregrinatores. 



2. Comment at ores, 10. Philofophi, 

 3 Ichniographi. li. Syftematici, 



4. Befcriptores, 12. Nomenclatoresl 



5. Monographi, 13. Anatomici. 



6. Curioji. 14. Hortulani, 



7. Ado7iifta, 15. Medici. 



8. Florifia, 16, Anomali, 



Subjoined to the lafl: edition, we have a biogra- 

 phical table, exhibiting, in chronological order, the 

 names of 139 botanic authors, from the time of 

 Avicema in 981, to Mr. Catejby in 1749, fpecifying, 

 wherever it was poffible, the year of their birth 

 and death. 



The flowering of the Plantain or Banana {Mufa 

 paradifiaca) this year, a thing not feen in Europe 

 before more than thrice, in the garden of our au- 

 thor's patron M. Clifford^ produced a compleat hif- 

 tory of that plant from Linn^us's pen, under the 

 title of MusA Cliffortiana florens Hartecampi 

 i^j '^6 prope Harlemum, Lugd. Bat. 4% pp. 46. This 

 piece is drawn up with the utmoft preciflon, ac- 

 cording to the author's own Methodus Dmonftrandi., 



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