BOTANIC GARDfeN Of SCH&N«RUNif, ' 4^^ 



t)T'the Impefial Cabinet. In the fame year, M. Jacquin fent'The fisth carg* 

 ofF the fixth cargo, from the fame ifland to Arafterdam. And ^^^ ibventh 

 finally, in January 1759, MM. Jacquin and Barculli departed brought ^y 

 with the Seventh cargo from the Havanrvah, for Ferrol in Spain, ^J^g Jcuiii»^ 

 and arrived at Vienna in the month of July. This laft cargo 1759, 



was particularly rich in animals of every ipecies. ..3; 



Thus in the fpace of a few years the number of plants in 

 the garden of Scheenbrunn was confiderably encreafed ; for, 

 befides thofe which had arrived from America, means were The garden tc- 

 found to make many important acquifitions in different other ^''^" plants ^ 

 countries. In 1763, after the death of Francis the firft, Maria countries. ' •» 

 Therefa ordered the garden to be condu6led on the fame foot- Maria Thrrefa 



I . 1 ,• T 1- 1 . -1 I /• 1 patronifes the 



mg that it was before. In 1780, a little while berore the inftitution, ' 



death of this princefs, it fuffered a fmall but irreparable lofs ; 

 the gardener, Van der Schot, then very aged, had been con- 

 fined to his chamber for many weeks by an attack of the gout. 

 Thofe to whom the management of the plants was entrufted 

 in that period acquitted themfelves with great negligence ; in. : .: -.y , T^ 

 one of the coldeft nights of that winter, the perfon whofliould Many valuable 

 have taken care of the great hot-houfe forgot to keep up «he j''°f,'/„f JfJ^* 

 fire. In the morning he thought to repair this negle6l by gence of the at- 

 •lieating it to an unufual degree ; but the fudden tranfition from ^^""^^"^^ ^'**^ 

 cold to heat killed a great number of fine plants, and among hot houfc. 

 others all the cinnamon trees from Martinico, of which the 

 trunks were as thick as a man's arm, the heads very large, and 

 of the greateft beauty ; and alfo deftroyed the plants Crefcen- 

 I'tu, Achras, Annona, Portlandia, and a Coccobba Grand if alia, 

 ivfaich was 20 feet high, and whofe leaves were of the tize 

 of two feet. f 



This garden alfo fuffered another lofs. A confiderable col- A cargo of j^J^nts 



leaion fent from the ifle of France by M. Gere, arrived at {f"'" ^*V^ ^H^^'f 

 ,_ . o • 1 /• -1 1 1 II . , 1 1 r , . Fiance fpoiied. 



frielte entirely fpoiled, the trees ah dead, and the feeds im- 



prolific. 



At this time the emperor, Jofeph the fecond, directed M. 



Jacquin and M. Born to propofe to forae men of abilities to 



undertake a voyage Into remote countries. Profeflbr Marter Prof. Marter mS. 



was appointed the condudor of this expedition, and Do6lor "^^"^ (^"^ '" 



• ~ . , . , , . , . , , , colIe<5t in, Aiitf- 



Stupiez was alTociated with him, together with the gardeners jicay^iyjS?.' 



Boor and Brederaeyer, and the painter Moll. This, company ' ,;o4 



of travellers quitted Vienna in th,e month of April, 1783, and 



arrived in September at Philadelphia. They travelled over 



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