Roenier, Johann Jakob (1763-1819) 
Encyclopadie fur gartner und liebhaber der gartnerei. 
1. theil, 1. abth. (Abelmoschus bis Arbutus). Stuttgart 
& Tubingen, Cotta, 1797. (Pritzel, 1st ed.; Kayser, 
4:537; Dochnahl, p.l34) 
Garten der flora, Oder Beschreibung und abbildung ver¬ 
se hiedener pflanzen fur liebhaber der schonen gartenkunst. 
l.[-4.] hft. Winterthur, H. Steiner und comp., 1791-94. 
96 p. £0 pi. (Dept. Agr.) 
This contains no trace of the author’s iden¬ 
tity, but is credited to Roemer on authority of 
Kayser, 2:300, and Dochnahl, p.51, in both of 
which it is entered under title, with author’s 
name inserted in curves. It is also reviewed 
without any clue to its authorship in Becker, 
Taschenbuch fiir garten freunde, 1:314 (1795). 
Dochnahl, l.c., says this work was also is¬ 
sued with title: "Plantes et arbustes d'agr6- 
ment"; but the latter title is given by Prit¬ 
zel, 2d ed., no.1725, under Clairville^, Joseph 
Philippe de, and is described as consisting of 
90 p. and 20 pi*, like the "Garten der Flore" 
of the same date. The signed plates of the lat¬ 
ter are by H. Schellenberg, who made the plates 
for Clairville’s "Collection choisie de plentes 
et arbustes" or "Auswahl von pflanzen und ge- 
strauchen" (Zurich, 1796-1800). In this,work 
the "Plantes et arbustes d’agr^ment" is men¬ 
tioned, with a slight presumption in favor of 
C(^’irville*s authorship, but without definite 
claim thereto. 
There is no copy of the French text availa¬ 
ble; and the only one located, in the British 
Museum, is entered \inder title, without a hint 
as to its authorship. It is evident from the 
"Garten der flora" that the Gentian and French 
works must have been entirely separate; and it 
is entirely possible that they were written by 
different persons, to be used with the same set 
of plates. (I’SFil) 
