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by Camerarius, with the addition of figures of his own, to 

 illustrate his ' Epitome Matthioli' of 1586 (Text-figs. 72 and 

 99) and also his later work. In 1751, C. J. Trew published 

 a collection of Gesner's drawings, many of which had never 

 been seen before ; but even then, it proved impossible 

 to separate the work of the two botanists with any com- 

 pleteness, since Gesner's drawings and blocks had passed 



Text-fig. 100. "Rosa Hierichuntica"= A uastatica 

 hierochnntica L., Rose of Jericho [Camerarius, 

 Hortus medicus, 1588]. 



through the hands of Camerarius, who had incorporated his 

 own with them. A few wood-cuts however, which appeared 

 as an appendix to Simler's Life of Gesner, are undoubtedly 

 Gesner's own work. One of these is reproduced in Text- 

 fig. 48. 



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