HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE. 4.37 
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, Professor of Botany 
vat Leipzig, was born December 3, 1652, and died 
December 30, 1722. One cf the first botanists of 
that century. His system shews how excellent and 
acute an observer of nature he was*. 
Leonhard Plukenet, physician at London, col- 
lected with unremitting zeal every thing remarkable 
in the vegetable kingdom, though he was not in 
very favourable circumstances. He made a collec- 
tion of 8000 plants, which for his time was astonish- 
ingly large. At the end of his life the queen assist- 
ed him, and made him Professor and inspector of 
the royal gardens at Hampton Court. Plukenet 
awas born 1642, and died 1706. No botanist at that 
time collected or knew so many plants as he did. 
His collection is still kept in the British Museum. 
Though he was in possession of so great a number 
of plants, yet he was not systematic enough to make 
any considerable improvements on the science. 
Jacob 
Ej. Paradisus Batavus, Leyd. 1698. 4to. Published after 
this death by Sherard. A very useful work. 
_Ej. Museum Zeylanicum. Leyd. 1717. 8vo. and another 
edition in 1726. . 
* A. G. Rivini introductio generalis in rem herbariam, 
Lips. 1690. fol. A scarce work, with fine plates. 
+ Leonhardi Plukenetii Phytographia. Lond. 1691 and 
1692. 4to. with 328 plates. 
Ejusd. Almagestum botanicum. Lond. 1696. gto. Alma- 
gesti botan. mantissa. Lond. 1700. gto. with 22 plates. 
Ej. 
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