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Jardin des Plantes, and curator of the herbarium of Baron Delessert. 

 He died at Montpelier during the past winter, of aneurism of the 

 aorta. The vacancy in the editorship of the Annales, is filled by M. 

 Decaisne. The vacancy in the zoological editorship, as well as the 

 hair of entomology in the National Museum, left by the decease of 

 M. AuDouiN, is filled by Milne Edwards. 



M. Carreno, the favorite pupil of the late Lagasca, and a botanist of 

 great promise, recently died at Paris, at the early age of 23. 



M. Vauchee, of Geneva, author of the Histoire des Conferves d''eau 

 douce, (f-c, published at the commencement of the present century, re- 

 cently died at Geneva, just as his large work on the Phanerogamic 

 plants of Europe, appeared from the press. 



Dr. Vogel, of the University of Bonn, a botanist of the highest 

 promise, is one of the victims of the ill-starred Niger expedition. 

 Information had been received of his safe arrival among the survivors 

 at Fernando Po ; but the next account brought intelligence of his de- 

 cease, which took place on the 17th of December last. 



Amos Eaton, senior Professor in the Eensselaer Institute, died at 

 Troy, N. Y., May 10th, in the 66th year of his age. The name of 

 Prof. E. has long been associated with the unwearied and ardent cultiva- 

 tion of natural science. In developing the botany of our country, and 

 the geology of the northern States, he was an early and very successful 

 laborer. His life was eventful. In 1791, he was an apprenticed black- 

 smith ; in 1799, he was graduated at Williams College, with much 

 reputation for knowledge of mathematics and philosophy ; soon after, 

 he commenced the study of law, under Alexander Hamilton, in the 

 city of New York, and in due time was admitted to the bar ; leavino- the 

 practice of the law, he became a practical surveyor, and agent for the 

 Livingston estates on the Hudson ; after a period of great trial and 

 affliction, he prosecuted the study of botany, chemistry and mineralogy 

 to some extent in New Haven, Ct. ; in 1817, and in the spring and 

 summer of that year, delivered his first course of public lectures, to the 

 students of Williams College, on mineralogy and botany. The patron- 

 age then received from the faculty of the College, and the high interest 

 of 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 Rensselaer, the generous patron of merit, employed 

 him in 1820, to make a geological survey of the country adjacent to 



