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nape of the neck, when he will imme- 
diately gape, and then put a little of the 
powder into his mouth.” Probatum eft. 
Yours, &c. ANTE-PULEX. 
Dec. 11, 1806. 
amis cneme 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
S I have not feen the following ad- 
ditional Botanical Nomenclature 
noticed in any of the Journals, you may 
perhaps think them worthy of a place in 
your valuable Magazine. They are ex- 
tracted from the Compte Rendu des Tra- 
vaux de UInftitut National pour ’An 12 
-€t 13, par M. Cuvier. 
“« M. Ventenat, charged by her Ma- 
jefty the Emprefs to communicate to the 
public all the new {pecies of plants in 
‘the garden of Malmaifon, has confecrat- 
ed by. her auguft name the Jofephinia, 
originally from New South Wales. The 
elevation of its ftalk, and the beauty of 
its flowers, juftify the application of the 
name, from the great refemblance they 
-bear to the divine original.” 
“ M. de Beauvois has had the happi- 
-nefs to be permitted to dedicate to the 
Emperor Napoleon a tree from the fa- 
vage country of Owara in Africa, which, 
from the fplendour, the greatneis, and 
the fingularity of its flower, well deferve 
to bear fo great aname. It prefents the 
figure of a double crown; and .as it is 
nearly a year fince M. de Beauvois pre- 
fented it to his Majefty, it may jufily be 
deemed a prophetic confecration.” 
Some of your readers. perhaps, Sir, 
would not have been much difpleafed 
with M. Cuvier, had he tranfported the 
divine Jofephine herfelf to Botany Bay, 
and fent the Great Emperor to cut trees 
in the favage wilds of Owara. 
Your's, X,: 
eS 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HERE are few fcholars who have 
not read with delight that truly 
claffical and elegant work, the “ Athem- 
.an Letters,” and yet fewer who are un- 
acquainted the Abbé Barthelemy’s amuf- 
ing “ Travels of Anacharfis the Younger.” 
Were I called upon to decide on the re- 
_Speciive merits of thefe performances, I 
fhould give the palm unqueltionably to 
the trft, and for this reafon: it is the 
goo fuccefsfal of the two in the great 
object at which both aim, that of mak- 
ing us familiarly acquainted with the 
Botanical InformationRoman Letiers, 
{March 1, 
leading charaéters of a moft interefting 
portion of ancient hiftory, It is not 
enough to be intimate with thofe illufiri- 
ous perfonages as they are introduced to 
us by Herodotus, Thucydides, or Xeno- 
phon. Our minds naturally pant for 
fomething beyond; and it is referved for 
the claffical writers of the prefent day to 
defcribe them to us as at feafts that never 
were given, and in converfations that 
were never held. It muft, neverthelefs, 
have ftruck many of your readers, as 
well as my(elf, that, though much 1s per- 
formed, much ftill is wanting. The cor- 
refpondents in the Athenian Letters are 
all in ftiff buckram,. and hold their pens 
as formally as if they were fchool-boys 
under their writing-matter’s infpettion. 
Qn the contrary, what is required to keep 
up the real fpinit of fuch a correfpon- 
dence, is the moft perfect eafe and fa~ 
miliarity of ftyle and expreffion. <A 
Greek or Roman newfpaper would, it 
ftrikes me, be an éxcellent device. 
With what delight fhould we dwell on 
fuch fentences as the following: “ Fa- 
thionable arrivals at Baie. Q. Cecilius 
Metellus, and family; L. Hortenfius, the 
Pretor; Q. Fabius Maximus; Octavia, 
fifter to the Emperor and wife of Mark 
Anthony, with her beautiful ward Sem- 
pronia; Julia, the Emperor’s daughter ; 
the celebrated poet, Ovidius Nafo; Al- 
bius Tibullus, knight, from a tour in 
Tranfalpine Gaul; P. Lentulus ; C. Cor- 
nelus Gracchus, from his queftorfhip in 
Pontus.” 
“ Yefterday was married, by fpecial 
licenfe, at the houfe of L. Lucullus, by 
the right reverend the principal Flamen 
of Jupiter, M. Metellus Scipio Africa- 
nus to Lollia Paulina, a lady poffefied 
of every accomplifhment neceffary to 
make the wedded {tate -fupremely hap- 
v4 
“To belet or fold, that delightful villa 
with the gardens at Tufculum, com- 
manding a moftextenfive profpect, with 
a peep of the fea from the attic ftory, 
late the property of M. Tullius Cicero,” 
&e, Ses), i 
A choice colleétion of really familiar 
letters would alfo afford a delicious and 
truly rational entertainmeut to the ree 
tired claffical {cholar: I mean fuch let- 
ters as Mr, F., at the prefent day, might 
writé to Sir George G. or Captain S. to 
Lord D.; efpecially if intermixed with 
ancient cards of invitation and cere~ 
mony, The defirablenefs of fuch an ac- 
quilition certainly ftruck a gentleman of 
high literary reputation, lately pit 
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