The history of BOTANY: 
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raders in the Flowers and Tournefort purfued this with an attention, 
induftry, and truth, which did honour to the Sovereign under whofe patro- 
nage he wrote. 
Boerhaave opened the eighteenth century : a name, which if it did 
not {hine with greater luftre in the other fciences, would be eminent in 
Botany. Ray yet lived, and continued his ufeful labours, adopting more 
and more parts of Plants to his diftindions. Boerhaave continued the 
lyftem in its original courfe, making the Fruits and Seeds of Plants his great 
ohjeds in their arrangement. 
In 1711, Heucher of Wittenberg appeared with credit; and led in a 
long train, who lefs regarding the original objed of diflindion, followed 
Riverius and Tournefort in the choice of the Flower. Seven years 
after Ruppius wrote, adopting the fame part as the foundation of his fy- 
llem ; and this continued the eftablidred dodrine with Pontedera, He- 
benstret, and Ludwig. 
In the mean time Magnol didinguifhed himfelf by a new Syllem, 
formed upon the CondruClion of the Cup ; and in the year 1735 Linnaeus, 
too great for praife, after having unfuccefsfully propofed his new thoughts 
in England, publiflied in Holland that Syftem of Plants which charac- 
terizes the Clafles according to the Filaments and Style ; and takes into the 
Generical -Diltindions all the Flower. This fydem the fucceeding four and 
twenty years have more and more eftabliflaed ; and if we may conjedure 
from its value, it will live ^even when a natural method fliall be found) 
fo long as there is fcience. 
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