Excerpt from The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 35: May, 1863; With a Map DE candoi.le was born at Geneva on the fourth day of Feb mary, 1778; be commenced his distinguished career as a botanist in Paris in the later days of the French Republic; he continued it at Mont llier until 1816; when he returned to his native Geneva; w ere he died in September, 1841, -ou the fifth da of that month, according the Opening paragraph of his son 8 preface to this volume, - ou the twenty-fifth accordin to the note by the same excellent authority at the close of the smeir, p. 489. We cannot account for the discrepancy; but the former Is without doubt the true date. 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.

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