HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE. 453 
Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin was born in the Ne- 
therlands. He made a voyage, at the expence of the 
Emperor Francis I. to the West Indies, became 
afterwards Professor at Schemnitz, whence he went 
in the same quality to Vienna. ‘This botanist, who 
is still living, has done much for the progress of the 
science, and we have in fact from him most of the 
new discoveries in botany. His works are unior- 
tunately too expensive }. 
Jacob Christian Schaeffer, a clergyman at Ratis- 
bon, should not be passed unmentioned, as he was 
the first who published coloured prints of fungi. For 
German botanists his work is classical, particularly 
with respect to the larger species *. 
Charles Linné, the son, was born at Upsal, Janu- 
ary 20,1741. In his nineteenth year he became de- 
EAS monstrator 
Ejusd. Beschreibung der Graeser (Description of the Gra- 
mina.) Vol. I. and II. Edit. rst—3zd. Leipzig, 1769—8o. 
fol. with 4o coloured plates. It is ‘a pity that the learned 
author has not continued this work. 
{ N. Jos. Jacquini Flora austriaca. Vol. I.—V. Vindobon. 
1773-=78. fol. with 500 coloured plates. Very scarce. 
Ejusd. Miscellanea austriaca. Vol. I. Il. Vindob. 1778— 
1781. 4to. with 44 coloured plates. 
Ejusd. Collectanea ad Botanicam, Chimiam et Historiam 
Naturalem. Vol. J.—V. Vindob. 1786—96. 4to. with 106 
coloured plates. 
Ejusd. Icones plantarum rariorum. Vol. I. III. Vindob 
1781---1793. fol. with 648 coloured plates. 
Ejusd. Plantarum rariorum horti Cesarzei Schoenbrunnensis 
descriptiones et icones. Vol. I. II. Vindob. 1797. fol. with 
250 coloured plates. 
* Dr Jac. Christian Schaeffer fungorum qui in Bavaria et 
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