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our own country. The beautiful difplay 
of the principles of the hinncean fyftem in 
the " Botanic Garden," under the delicate 
analogy of the " Loves of the Plants/' in 
which the didaftic defign of the author, is 
fo happily embellifhed by Ovidian imagery, 
as to have given that energy and ornament 
to the fubjedt, which has been hitherto 
wanting to all fimilar produdtions in the 
EngHJ]j language. 
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