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work, the General History of Plants" to alter and
improve, so as to give it quite a new form sand in
1900 he length published his corrected edition of
it, which was made to comprehend all plants, in 33
classes, q of them being composed Of herbs, and the
rest of trees. This system of RAY not acted up
ON by himself but it was adopted by Sir HANS
SLOANE, in his natural history of Jamaica by DELE
NUS who made some improvements on it, and by
MARTYR, in his /" Catalogue of the Plants which
grow naturally in the Reighborhood of Cambridge -
to say nothing of others and although it cannot be
denied that is less applicable practice, on account
of its intricacy than which have been proposed
since, it must yet be maintained that, while argues
the authors very extensive and acquaintance
with the atlintes of vegetables it affords very in
teresting and profitable subject of speculation to
Philosophical mind and a competent Judge has
cordingiy said, That viewed as attempt to inves
tgate the order of nature, its merit is great and
spicuous." 1t need scarcely be added that JOHN RAY
was long fellow of the Royal Society.
JOSEPH PmToN or TouRNEFoRT, as he is common
y called from the of his patrimonia esate the
other great and systematic Botanst of this period, was
born in 1856 and like RAY, devoted himself, from
his earliest years, and with the most autabe and
terprising curiosity, to the study of plants. Having
made himself amilary acquainted with the flora
round his native city of AK, and the neighboring
Alps he went i'll 1879, to the university of Montpel-
lier. When he had spent some time there in Medical
cudleSs ne sat out on long Journey OF discovery a.
mong the Pyrenean Mountains, and through the north
eastern part of Spain. On his return he proceeded
with little deayso his native city, and thence extended
his researches with the ardent spirit of curiosity
through Provence and Languedoc. Having at length
established his regulations and shown by display of
superior ability, that he capable Of not merely
iustfyng, but going far beyond the opinion which had
been formed OF him, he sent, in 1888, at the
Kings expense, into Spain and Portugal, and after
wards into Great Britain and Holland, ournies of
discovery and in these his so great, that
besides augmenting his knowledge very much, he
was enabled, his return, to enrich the Royal gar
den with large and valuable accession of plants
In 1894, he set out voyage, which, like his pre-
cedng travels, undertaken by the order and at
the expense of Louis XIV
In this scientific mission he was accompanied by
Or ANDREW GUNDELsHEIMER, a very jealous German
Botanis and by French craftsman of great emf
nence, named CLAUDE AuBRIEL and so extraordina-
ny was the diligence which he used during the two
years he was with them in the east that he not only
traversed the Grecian Archipelago and Thrace, but
the shores Of the EuXlne and the northern dis
trics of Lesser Asia far the confines of the Per-
sian Empire; and then returned by different route
through Galatia. Mysa, and Lydia, to Smyrna, and
thence home. unhapply, however, while he was
Joyng the most atterng prospect of still greater hon
and usefulness and had gone far, in preparing
valuable works for the Press an accident hap
pened which cut short the period of his life, and de-
prved the world of what they had right to expect
from his well proved abilities for he day
passing along street in Paris, he was thrown
against wall by the impulse of wagon in rapid