4.58 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
curate. He visited Holland and France, and went, 
assisted by some friends in Holland, to the Cape of 
Good Hope, Ceylon, Java, and Japan. ‘Thunberg 
has written a great deal on several botanical subjects, 
and we have sill more to expect from him. His 
Flora Japonica is a model which deserves general 
imitation T. 
Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. and President of the Royal 
Society in London, in company with his friend Dr 
Solander, made the first voyage with Captain Cook 
round the world. Sir Joseph is in possession of the — 
largest herbarium and of the scarcest natural pro- 
ductions in general. We expect from him an ele- 
gant work on‘all the plants of the southern part of 
India. ‘This great man is the patron of natural his- 
tory in general {. 
We must content ourselves with mentioning the 
names only of some other epee botanists who 
would 
+ C. P. Thunberg Flora ees Lipsiae. 1784. 8vo. with - 
39 plates. 
Ejusd. Icones Piantarum Japonicarum, Une: 1794. fol. 
Only ro plates have appeared uncoloured. 
Ejusd. Prodromus Plantarum capensium pars prior. Upsaliae, 
1794. 8vo. with three plates. This first part contains the 
short characters of all the plants which he discovered at the 
Cape of Good Hope, up to the tenth class of Linné.—The 
complete Flora Capensis is to be published soon, which will 
be a gratification to many, who wait for it with anxiety. 
{ Josephi Banks Reliquiae Houstonianae. Londini, 178r. 
Ato. with 26 plates. 
Ejusd. 
