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two Cifti^ &c. It may feem ftrange too that: 

 Lapland and alpine plants fhould perifli in the 

 lame fituation through cold, but it is true ; and 

 the fa6l is, that in their native fituations, they are, 

 at the change of feafon, inflantly covered with 

 fnow, and thus defended from injury. 



49. Herbationes Upsalienses. a. iV. Fornander^ 



As the foregoing catalogue comprehends thofe 

 of the garden, this exhibits the indigenous plants 

 of the neighbourhood of Upfal^ as they occur in 

 the fmipling excurfions which the profefTor made 

 with the botanical ftudents, and were ufually per- 

 formed in about eight days during the courfe of 

 each fummer. 



50. In ST RvcT 10 Mvs^i, D. Hultman. lyss- 



The method of conftruding a mufeam for the 

 purpofes of natural hiflory in all its branches, 

 .with dire6lions for colleding, preferving, and dif- 

 pofing the fubjecls. An enumeration of the beft 

 repofitories of this kind in Sweden : fuch is that 

 of the §ueen^ rich in fhells, infeds, and corals : 

 that of the Kingy in amphibia, fiihes, animals 

 of the Vermes clafs, in fpirits ; and the birds of 

 Sweden: that of Count 'Tejin, abounding in foffijs 

 and gems, fhells, pidures, ^c. : that of Chan- 

 cellor Gyllenhorg : that belonging to the Royal 

 Academy : Stoh^us^^ at Lunden \ and Ziervogel's at 

 Stcckholm, The method of drying and preferving 



plants 



