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was succeeded by his Plantarum Historia, published at Ant- 

 werp in 1576 ; and, at last, all the plates of his works, and 

 those of his predecessors, were republished in the Iconibus 

 Stirpium, at Antwerp, in 1591, in quarto. 



In ardent zeal for the discovery of plants, — in submitting to 

 sacrifices of every kind, — and in the very successful issue of his 

 labours, Charles Clusius, of Antwerp, excelled all his prede- 

 cessors. As companion of the noble Fuggerius, through the 

 whole south of Europe, he enjoyed every opportunity of col- 

 lecting, describing, and drawing, the plants of Germany, 

 France, Spain, and Portugal. He lived several years in 

 England, and also in Vienna, as superintendant of the impe- 

 rial gardens, from whence he made the tour of Austria and 

 Hungary. At last he was professor at Leyden, and died in 

 1609. His chief work is the Rariorum Plantarum Historia, 

 published at Antwerp, in folio, 1601. 



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Ainong the Italians of the sixteenth century, some also 

 distinguished themselves by an extensive and careful search 

 for plants, especially Anguillara, who was for a long time 

 professor at Padua, afterwards at Fcrrara, and died 1570. 

 No person was better acquainted with the plants of his native 

 country, of the large islands in the neighbourhood of Italy, 

 of Greece, also of Dalmatia, and of the Grecian islands. He 

 described them, with a constant reference to their names in 

 Dioscorides and Pliny, in his Semplici, published at Venice, 

 in octavo, 1661. 



Peter Andrew Mattioli, a native of Sienna, and an Aus- 

 trian physician, who died in 1577, was one of the best in- 

 formed discoverers in botany. His Commentaries on Dios- 

 corides, are either cited according to the edition of Valgri- 

 sius, with small figures, published at Venice, 1560, in foho, 

 or according to that of Bauhin, with large figures, at Basil, 

 1674, in folio. 



One of the most active and eminent discoverers of Italian 

 plants, was Fabius Columna, a Neapolitan of high birth, 

 whose bad health was the occasion of his predilection for bo'- 



