JOUHNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 
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publications of the Society of Naturalists at Leipsic, 1818. llis friend, 
Dr. D. F. Schwse^jriclien attended to the publication, and the title it bore 
is as follows: 
Synopsis Fungorum Carolina superioris secundum observa- 
TioNES Ludovici Davidis de Schwei,nitz. 
In this year, he was called to a meeting of his brethren at llerrnhut, 
and on his way there he visited England, France and Holland. At these 
places, he visited learned men, and established correspondences that 
were of great advantage to him subsequently. Some time after his re¬ 
turn in 1821, he published a pamphlet containing Descriptions of seven¬ 
ty-eight Hepaticse. In the same year, he sent to Sillwian’’s Journal a 
Monograph of the genus Viola. At the end of this year, he was located in 
his native village of Bethlehem, Pa., both to continue his church duties 
and to take charge of the institution, for the education of females. He 
was, therefore, permitted once more, but in the “vigor of his scientilic 
maturity,” to visit the scenes of his first botanical exploits. His herba¬ 
rium was, in the meantime rapidly increasing, his correspondence 
widening, and the value of his work w^as appreciated: this resulted in his 
election to several societies of natural history in America and Europe. 
In 1823, he worked up the botanical collections of Say in Long’s expedition, 
though he did this with reluctance, regretting the absence of Nuttall, who 
had previously agreed to undertake the task. Near the close of this year, 
Schweinitz presented to the Lyceum of Natural History, at New York, 
a paper containing instructions for determining the American species of 
Carex. In 1824, he published in the American Journal of Science a short 
paper on the rarer plants of eastern Pennsylvania. In this year, also, 
his monograph of North American Carices appeared, but previous to its 
publication, he had placed it in the hands of Torrey, Schweinitz having- 
been called for the third time to Europe. He said, on Ids return, that 
“ The judicious and elaborate amendments he had proposed, and the 
mass of new and valuable matter he had added. e]\title Dr. Torrey to a 
participation in the authorship of the work.” 
While he was absent (in 1824) in Europe, his paper, DESOuip^'roNs of 
A NUMBER OF NEW AMERICAN SPECIES OF SPIIxRRIA, waS published b> 
the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences. He continued his rnycological woi k 
on his return, having given up the superintendency of the litei-ary insti¬ 
tution. He devoted his leisure time to his synopsis of North American 
Fungi (Synopsis Fungorum in America Boreali media digentioi). 
designed for a European journal, but published in the transactions of 
the Philosophical Society, of Idiiladelphia, 18;ll. His health, heretofoje 
very good, now began to fail. The great amount of woik and car(‘. on 
account of his ottlcial station, and the composition of a dissertation on 
the affairs of his community, <leprived him of his usual out-door e.xei-- 
cise, depressed his cheerful spirit, and fatally undermined his health. 
A trip to Indiana on church duties seemed to revive him fora time. But 
his strength gradually declined, until the 8th of February. 1S34. vvheji he 
died calmly and um^orscioush. at the age of of years. 
