his merit 3 and, as I have obferved on an- 
other occafion, expreffed himfelf in thefe 
terms : " In AngUa nulliis efi qui genera cu-^ 
rat vel intelligat praterquam Dillenius/' - 
LiNN.^:us, after this time, correfponded 
with him, fent him his Flora Lapponicay 
and dedicated to him the Critic a Botanica. 
On which occafion the Profeflbr fent his 
acknowledgments in the following terms, 
in a letter, dated Aug. 18, 1737 : Fidi^ 
accepi et legi Floram tuam Lapponicam multa 
cum voluptafe ; utinam plures ijliiifmodi nobis 
projlarent talt Jiudioy et cur a elaborate, in hac 
te virum pr^jiitijii. 
During this period, Dillenius held fre- 
quent correfpondence and communication 
with Haller, whom he efleemed, proba- 
bly the more, on account of the affinity of 
bis fyftem with that of Ray, which he had 
himfelf adopted. It appears, that he con- 
fidered Haller as almoft the only man 
qualified to carry on the FinaXy and wiflied 
him to have been his fucceflTor. 
About this time, he was employed with 
Dr. Shaw, in reducing to order and afcer- 
taining, that learned traveller's colIed:ion of 
Oriental 
