Annals of Botany, Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Annals of Botany, Vol. 1

Mr. Schkuhr of hvittenbcrg, whose persevering zeal in promoting the science of botany merits great commenda tion, has now finished his work on the plants indigenous to Germany, or cultivated there in the open air This publication, the product of twelve laborious years, compre hending, in three octave volumes, about 1200 representa tions in 358 plates, it may easily be imagined that elegance and splendor cannot enter into the composition of the lat ter; but this want is fully compensated, not only by the great chmpness of the work, but particularly by the high degree of exactness in the figures and dissections. As the instructive letter-press is in German, and hence not uni versally understood, we are glad to find that Dr. Schwag richen of Leipzig has undertaken a Latin translation of which the first volume, containing 300 plates, has just' made its appearance. Nor should we forget to mention that the latter part of the work, containing the species of Carex (and which will likewise be published separate with additions), has been translated into French by Dr. Dela vigne now resident at G6ttingen.

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