Meyer's Estimate or Cxusius 411 
One posthumous work followed in 1611, his “ Curae poste- 
tiores,’ * folio and quarto, from the Plantin press, chiefly an 
appendix to the two preceding works of 1601 and 1605, with a 
biography and funeral oration by Everardus Vorstius ; with 27 
new figures (Seguier). 
Another posthumous publication may be considered that of 
Clusius’ and Gesner’s Epistles, by Treviranus, in 1830; see p. 409. 
Another also, 1843, by H. W. de Vriese, in Dutch, at Leyden, 
an octavo tract of 14 pages, ona collection of Clusius’ MS. in his 
own hand, preserved in the library of the Leyden High School. 
Clusius’ Attainments.—Of Clusius, Meyer gives the following 
discriminating and appreciative summary (which I condense in 
translating): “ He was a man of undoubted talent, extraordinary 
memory, and all-embracing culture. He had a foundation 
knowledge of the old as well a8 the newest languages. He had 
Studied law and medicine. He had made very earnest theological 
Studies at Wittenberg, and his historical and geographical knowl- 
€dge was remarkable. Culture and ability as an artist is exhibited 
in his plants of Spain, etc., and a mind for poesie in his continued 
friendship with one of the greatest modern Latin poets, Peter 
Lotichius, with whom he was brought close in Montpellier and 
among whose works there lie sheltered many an epistle and poem 
addressed to Clusius. 
‘No predecessor or contemporary has enriched the knowledge 
of plants more with new discoveries, or had set forth and described 
his discoveries with such ability. 
“ He carried his true researches in natural history to a higher 
Point than that of the older synonyms with which others filled 
their books, Yet he lacked not in the botany of the ancients, and 
added many identifications. 
“ All that Clusius added to botany is in his two volumes of 
1601 and 1605; but very few botanists have filled so few works 
With so much.” Ses 
+t : Fe : "Dascrintions of many plants before 
_ eit dareeg psa abag by which also all of his ows works 
and the others tisinsdabed by him are augmented and illustrated. To which : 9 
Separately the biography and funeral oration by Everard Vorst,’’ Antwerp, 1011, fol. 
71+ 24 P-, with wood cuts; and reissued by the same house the same year In quarto, 
134+ 39 P., with the figures. Copy ex. /ibr. Meyer. 
