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PANEGYRISTS OF LINNAEUS. 
K natural history, is the bearer of this letter. I recommend him in the 
{t strongest manner to you and to your kindness.” 
SIR HANS SLOANE, BART. P.R.S. 
In a Letter to Linnius, December 20 th, 1737. 
u j am so uncommonly pleased with your Flora Lapponica , that I 
« very much wish to see the other parts of the natural history of that 
« country completed, and publicly described by you 
’ DILL ENIUS, 
In a Letter to Linnaeus, dated August 18, 1737 • 
« Your Flora Lapponica I have received, seen, and read with great 
« pleasure. I wish to God we had more such Floras brought forth 
tl with similar diligence and care. In this you have shewn that you 
« are the mant.” 
DE SAUVAGES , 
In a Letter to Linn^us, the celebrated Restorer of Natural History , 
dated September 10, 1737 • 
a j congratulate you myself, and the learned world, and heartily re- 
« joice at your having undertaken labours so extensive and momen- 
« tous. But I am astonished, and can hardly see how so young a man 
« as you could publish so many and such various works, a single one 
* Flora Lapponica speciatim mihi tantopere arridit, vit maxime cupiam, caeteras illius re- 
«ionis partes Historia Naturalis intueri tua exaratus manu, publiceque luci data,. 
° acce pi et legi Floram tuam ( LapponicamJ raulta cum voluptate ; utinam plures 
istius modi nobis prostarent, iali studio et cura elaborata: ; in hac te virum prasstitisti. 
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