HISTORY OF BOTANY. 
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This fruit procured contentment. A pause ensued in the farther cul- 
tivation of botany. The learned thought it was sufficient, if they knew 
and called the plants by the names which Bauhin had given them. 
The ravages of the thirty years war, the theatre of which was chiefly 
in Germany, had no progressive influence on the arts and sciences of 
peace, especially on botany. Among those men who thought freely of 
botany, and consulted their own spirit of inquiry, there was one at this 
period in Lower Saxony, of the name of Joachin Jungius. He 
was born at Lubeck in 1586, first professor of Mathematics at Giesen 
and Rostock , afterwards professor of Physic at Helmstaedt, and died as 
Reaor at Hamhr S h, in 1657. His spirit accustomed .0 mathemattcal 
accuracy, bestowed more attention on the internal struaure of plants, 
he made more ingenious remarks in * his writings, and was the first 
who had some of the f undamental ideas of the system, which was finally 
introduced by Linnaeus. 
But during the latter half of the last century, a new epoch com- 
menced in botany as well as in many other sciences. The former ac- 
quired more enthusiastic lovers, even among those nations who till 
then had hardly taken any notice of it. Thus far its empire had 
solely been extended to the productions of Europe; but now the 
first zealous beginning was made, to obtain knowledge from the other 
parts of the world. The English, Dutch, and French, being t e trst 
commercial nations, had the best opportunities, and took care to profit 
by them. Rumphius, Herrman, Rhbhm, Ka.mppsr, Marcraf, 
Sloans, Plucrenet, Brown, Shepard, Catesby, Clayton, 
. Ph, to, capita, tf-k .«!*, quart. -Farther, Doxotcopi. Physic- Miaow,, 
TtJotre Phvsica Doxoscopica, Hami. i66t. 
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