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Her barium for sale. A valuable collectiou of herbs is offered for sale, beivg the result of the lab-urs of Ruiström, Med:cinal-RBath, Stenhammar, Doctor Prof. in botanicks, and Ol. Carling, Prof. Member of the Royal Rural Academy at tockbolm. Besides the Swedish plants, the collection of which is nearly complete, there are. amorg those collecteå by Rutström, many valuable species received from the learned Wir. Vabl, editor of Flora Danica, and collected by himself during bis travels trough Finland, Germany and Holland. There are also some species upon which Linnes own handwriting still remains. It consist further of a precious series of herbs from East-India and Africa, collected by Thunberg, F par: man, Selander etc.; from West-India, by Euphrasen, Osbeck, Ol Swartz etc.; from Westphalia by Schlechtendal; from New-Zeeland, by Lindbe:g; from Swizerland, by Schleicher; from G-rmany in general, by Link and Reichenbach; from America, by Torrez; from the Levant, by Berggren and Hedenborg; frem Russia, by Hedenborg and Heinmann. Linnt, Willdenow and Sprensel are generally followed as to the arrangem nt, tho there is a part as yet not arrang.d. The whole is in good condition, and the plants ean easily be eken out for examination, and replaced This Herharium contains about nize thousand species, besides a quantity of supernumeraries, and, as to its worth, the opinion of Bishop Agardh (formerly Professor in Botanicks at the Royal University of Lund) is humbly referred to. Eighty pounds English Stev!ng its the price therefore demanded. Stockholm the 11 July 1836. C E. BLADH. Adress: Steckholm, Jerntorgsstreet, N:o 40

13 juli 1836, sida 4

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