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lity, in a courfe of years, than can at prefent be 

 thought of. 



j\greeably to thefe ideas, a beginning has bech 

 made, under the aufpices of our celebrated author, 

 whofe attempt was truly laudable, and worthy of 

 himfelf. To this end, it is indeed certainly the 

 province of the botanift to make the plants of 

 his own country the principal objefks of his atten=. 

 tion. This has been eminently the cafe with Lin- 

 N^us, and his country will continue to reap the 

 fruit of his labours. The refult of thefe experi- 

 ments may be feen in a paper, called Pan Suecu^Ss, 

 printed in the fecond volume of the Ammitatts 

 Academk^y the fubftance of which, fo far as the 

 experiments were made with plants common to 

 this country, will be exhibited in the fubfequent 

 pages. 



LiNN^us conceived the firft defign of this in- 

 ftitution from obfervations made in his Dalekarlian 

 journey, which has been mentioned in the courfe 

 of the preceding pages : he obferved, that his 

 horfes left untouched, among other plants, Mea-^ 

 dow-fweet^ Great Wild Valerian^ Lilly of the Valley^ 

 Angelica^ Rofe-hay Willow Herb^ Marjh Cinquefoil^ 

 Mountain Crowfoot Crane'' s -billy Globe Crowfoot ^ and 

 various fhrubs. It was not till feveral years after, 

 that thefe experiments were inftituted ; in- which 

 a number of his pupils were engaged ; eight or 

 nine of whom he mentions by name, and he had 

 himfelf a large fhare in direding and conducing 

 them. More than two thoufand experiments were 

 tried upon the horned cattle ^ goats ^ fheep^ horfes^ and 

 hogs : many were repeated ten, and fome twenty 



times. 



