58 MEMOIR OF GESNER. 



which they for the first time shed on the subjects 

 of which they treat, they must ever secure for their 

 author a venerable name among the Fathers of 

 Natural History. 



In accordance with the praiseworthy practice of 

 botanists, whose beautiful science it is desirable to 

 surround with all agreeable influences and asso- 

 ciations, the name of Gesner has been conferred 

 on a species of tulip, Tulipa Gesneriana. Not 

 contented with this, Plumier, who has indulged in 

 the practice more than any other botanist, has de- 

 voted to his honour an American genus of the family 

 CampanulaceW) under the name of Gesneria. 



