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of bold ; a fimall feries of ditto, in large 
bra‘s; a ditto, in middle brafs; and allo 
afew medals of the cities and kings, be- 
fides aneicnt and modern medallions, &c. 
In additicn to thefe, you will findacharm- 
ing ancient giafs vale, and alechrymatory; 
fome antique lamps, in baked earth; two 
fmall mofaic works; three beautiful 
Greek mafks, two in bronze, and one in 
opaque glats (pate de verre); feveral. 
fmall Egyptian and Greek figures; a 
variety of ftyles, fibule, &c. A large 
cafe contains a farcnphagus, with bas 
relicfs in front, of Apollo playing on his 
lyre, Hercules fupporting a tripod on his 
fhoulder, &c. The following is the in- 
feription : ¢ 
We Demis: 
C.SEVERINI-VITEALI VETERANO 
“HONESTE SIC MISSIONIS EX. B. F. 
BENEFICIO Cos. 
“LEGIONIS XKXXIV.ULP® VICTRICIS 
SEVERINA SEVERIN 
_ PATRI KARISSIMO ADSERENTE 
TUTALINO, HILARIONE LIBERTO 
.FACIUNDUM CURAVIT. 
Bee 
The bas relief on the left, reprefents 
Hercules armed, with his club, with an 
apple in his hand ; at his feet is a mon- 
ffer (the dragon uf the Hefperides) and 
at his feet a girl bound to a rock. 
This is a variation of the fable of Per- 
feus and Andromeda, always explicable 
on the principles of 
logy. , : 
“The two extremities of the farcopha- 
gus ‘are -alfo adorned with bas reliefs. 
‘Phat on ‘the right, ‘reprefents the com- 
bat of Thefeus and the Minotaur; the 
moniter has a bull’s head: and a human 
body, as in the picture difcavered in the- 
Herculaneum, and on a 
dalhon or Crete. 
‘Such, citizens, is the prefent ftate of 
our labomrs. Fauyas. 
‘ THOUIN. 
No. 1.—Lij? of piaats placed ina fate of 
requfilion by the commiffaries of tbe arts 
and fe:ences, in order io be ivanfported to 
Paris: 
In the HoT-HOUSsE of Baron pe 
GEYER, at Cologne. 
Euphorbia fpinis in apice frugiferis. 2 Ins 
divid. . 
| Buplorbia cava Herculis. 2 Ind, 
Mesembryanthemum ¢aninum, 
Alo? minima. ; 
I:the HoT-HOUSE of the Evsctor of 
COLOGNE, at Briubi. yy 
Crdius monftrusfus, fp. nous. 
Cactus manuliavis, pints nigris. 
charming me- 
4 
Letter of the French Commiffioners of Arts, 9c. 
aftroncmical mycho- ’ 
a eee 
/ [Oc 
Id. fpinis albis. 
Agave Americana, var. foliis intus abe 
bis, limbis viridibus. . 
Eupborbia bepiagona, L. 
Id. cererformis. ; 
Mefimbryanibemum Romanum.  * 
Ricinus ruberrimus. 
Spircea chamedrifolia, Pallas. ; 
Laurus Gamphora, L. "Two fine plants 
proper for the fouthern departments, 
where they may be naturalfed. 
No. IL—Lift of Bulbous, Tuberous, and 
ober Flowers, &e. be 
26 Narcifufes, with’a fingle flower.; 
a new variety. ; 
39 ditto white, odorous, and with the 
flowers in bouquets or bunches. 
15 bulbs of ‘the ornitbogalum 3 large 
flowers, in white pyramids, and /aid to 
be cdcrous. 
12 ditto of the Is aypbiam latifolium 
Jiorvious variegdis. A fine variety. 
600 claws of difierent fine varieties of. 
the ranunculus? 
3 packets of foreign kidney beans, 
(baricots) which rife from eight ta ten 
feet above the furface, fruétify abun- 
dantly, and produce pods ten (hrench) 
inches long, and fixteen broad ; may be 
eaten green in fummer, or falted, fo as 
to keep during winter. 
‘Two packets of another kind, nearly 
round, which grow in bunches of from 
three to fix on the fame fem. 5; 
Pamphlets, traéts on agriculture, Cay 
talogues of plants, flowers, kitchen 
herbs, &c.- . 
No. LIi—Lift, of Inftruments of Agricul: 
LUV Es Sb. 
A {pade, ofa different form from our’s. 
AA pitch-fork for digging ‘potatoes.— | 
N.B..The handles of thefe are bent ra 
fuch amanner as toafford much facility 
to labour. . 
An infirument, with three blades, for 
cutting cabbage, of which’ fax" crout Is 
made. 
A mechanical bed, for the fick, 
wounded, and infirm. we 
Now iv. 
41 different fpecies of fruits and 
grains, moftly exotic. 
61 ipecimens of different woods. This 
colicétien will ferve for public initru@tion. 
A. drawing of the natural fize of the 
Yucca Alaéfous Qe ; 
A ditto, of the Daphne Indica. 
Curious incruftations, &c. &c, 
No. V. 
This is a catalogue of various pieces of 
terve de Cologne, and of the wood which 
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