Ray. 197 
of the ftudent in this part, as In the for- 
mer to inftrufl: and entertain the more 
erudite reader. 
I have been the more difFufe on this fmall 
volume, as the author has obferved nearly 
the fime plan, in his fubfequent catalogues, 
and Synopsis. Moles parva^ Vis magna. 
When the time in which this publication 
was made, and the meagre ftru(?Lure of pre- 
ceding catalogues is confidered, I may fafely 
appeal to modern judges, whether this was 
not an extraordinary produftion. Few lo- 
cal catalogues had been publiflied at home ; 
and, I believe, not one abroad, that dif- 
played any thing like a comparable fhare of 
fcience and erudition, fo aptly united. 
Among the variety of notes in this cata- 
logue, there is one, poffibly not of public 
notoriety. Mr. Ray informs us, that the 
people of Norwich had long excelled in the 
culture and produdion of fine flowers; and 
that in thofe days, the florifts held their 
annual feafts, and crowned the beft flower 
with a premium, as at prefent. 
There can be no doubt that this volume 
met with the mofl: favourable reception 
O 3 from 
