HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE.. 463 — 
Johann. Jacob Roemer, and Paulus Usteri, two 
physicians at Zurich, have published journals of 
botany, in which many discoveries are collected, and 
by which botany has gained many admirers and 
friends. In the beginning they published this jour- 
nal both together*, afterwards each a separate one. 
Joseph Gaertner, physician at Kalve near Stuttgard, 
died in 1791. His particular merits consist in an 
accurate inquiry into the nature of seeds. His work 
is most useful, as it fills up a large empty space in 
the physiology of these organsf. 
Olof Swartz, now Professor at Stockholm, re- 
sided from 1783 till 1787 in the West Indies, 
where, though Browne, Sloane, Plumier, Aublet, 
Jacquin, and some others had before him visited 
these countries, he still discovered many plants en- 
tirely unknown. He has made these discoveries 
known, and thus has contributed to the better know- 
* Magazinder Botanik, herausgegeben vong J. J. Roemer 
und P. Usteri. I.---[V. Band Zuerch. 1787---1790. 8vo. 
(Botanical Magazine, published by J. J. Roemer and P. 
Usteri). 
Dr. Usteri afterwards published, Annalen der Botanik. (An- 
nals of Botany) 1---2. Vol. Zuerch. 1792, 1793. 8vo. 
Neue ‘Annalen der Botanik (New Annals) No 1---16. 
Zuerch. 1794---1797, 8vo. ‘This last journal is still conti- 
nued, and contains many interesting articles. 
Dr Roemer has begun a new journal, remarkable for its ele- 
gance, aud the good choice of communications, viz. 
Archiv fir die Botanik, 1--3 Stuck, (Magazine for Botany, 
No. 1---3), Leipzig. 1796---1798. 4to. 
+ Josephi Gaertneri de fructibus et seminibus plantarum, 
vol. I. II. Stuttgard, 1788---1791. 4to. with 180 neat plates. 
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