Excerpt from The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, Vol. 4 of 18 Along with Rivinus, we might have here taken some notice of Christopher Knaut, a German, author of an Enumeration of the Plants growing naturally round Halle, in Saxony; of Peter Magnol, profes sor at Montpelier, author of the Botam'cum Mons pelieuse and of one or two other writers of inferior note, who were advocates for system. But without enlarging on what concerns their histories, we rather hasten to observe, that the two systematic botanists _of this period, who deservedly rose superior to all their contemporaries, and whose various and enlight ened labours had by far the most extensive and last ing effect on the state of the science, were Ray and Toumefort. They were both men of very eminent talents, and indefatigable industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.