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m of Baron Delessert. 
» of aneurism of the 
Jardin des Plmila and curator of the he if 
He died at Montpelier during the pas 
aorta. The vacancy in the étitorship of the Annales, is filled by M. 
a Decaisne. The vacancy in the zoological editorship, as well as the 
chair of entomology in the National ft by the decease of 
_ M. Avnonnin, is filled by Milne Ed 
M. CarrEno, the favorite pup 
great promise, recently died at Paris, at the early age of 23. 
M. Vaucuer, of Geneva, au ‘the Histoire des Conferves d@eau 
douce, &c., published at the ¢ encement of the present century, re- 
cently died at Geneva, just | s large work on the Phanerogamic 
plants of Europe, appeared fr pre 
Dr. Vocer, of the Un of Bonn, a botanist of the highest 
promise, is one of the of the ill-starred Niger expedition. 
Information had been re of his safe arrival among the survivors 
at Fernando Po; but th ‘count brought intelligence of his de- 
cease, which took place On the 17th of December last. 
s srofessor in the Rensselaer Institute, died at 
the 66th year of his age. The name of 
wh 
gasca, and a botanist of 
In developing the botany of our country, and 
ern States, he was an early and very successful 
eventful. In 1791, he was an apprenticed black- 
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reputation f knowledge of mathematics and philosophy ; soon after, 
he c Corr ny 1€ iced h . 
bec 
n estates 6n the Hudson; after a period of great trial and 
ion, he prosectied the study of botany, chemistry and mineralogy 
e extent in 1 New Haven, Ct.; in 1817, and in the spring and 
er of that year, delivered his first course of public lectures, to the 
. dents of Williams College, on mineralogy and botany. The patron- 
“ age then received from the faculty of the College, and the high interest 
fof a large body of. the students, determined him to give courses of 
lectures on the natural sciences. This he did in many places. The 
“remuneration was slight; but he was enabled to prepare for his future 
works, and to diffuse extensively the knowledge of these interesting 
subjects. In 1818, he was invited by De Witt Clinton, to deliver his . 
public lectures at Albany, and the next winter, he lectured on chemistry 
and geology, before’ the ‘members of the Legislature then in session. 
Gen. Stephen Van aer, the generous patron of merit, employed 
him in 1820, to -a geological survey of the country adjacent to 
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