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speedily to complete the work. The ' Anatome Plantarum ' was 

 published in the same year, with the President's order for printing 

 dated 24th June, 1675. It is a folio volume of 84 pages and 54 

 plates, and contains as an appendix the dissertation ' De Ovo in- 

 cubato,' paged separately, and consisting of '20 pages and 7 plates. 



The completion of the work was received later, and was published 

 in 1679 as ' Anatomes Plantarum Pars altera,' forming a folio volume 

 of 93 pages and 39 plates. 



Grew continued his investigations on the plant as set out in his 

 first work, and communicated the separate memoirs to the Royal 

 Society. On the 26th October, 1676, was read, 'The Anatomy of 

 Leaves, prosecuted with the bare Eye, and with the Microscope.' 

 On the 9th November and. 6th December, 1676, was read 'The 

 Anatomy of Flowers, prosecuted with the bare Eye, and with the 

 Microscope.' 



In 1677 'The Anatomy of Fruits, prosecuted with the Eye, and 

 with the Microscope,' was read to the Society. Grew's scheme of the 

 anatomy of plants was completed by the presentation to the Society 

 in the same year of ' The Anatomy of Seeds, prosecuted with the bare 

 Eye, and with the Microscope.' On the 22ud February, 1681-2, the 

 Council of the Eoyal Society recorded in their minutes that, " Dr. Grew 

 having read several Lectures of the Anatomy of Plants, some whereof 

 have been already printed at divers times, and some are not printed,, 

 with several other Lectures of their Colours, Odours, Tastes and 

 Salts ; as also of the Solution of Salts in Water ; and of Mixture ; 

 all of them to the satisfaction of the Society ; It is therefore Ordered,. 

 That he be desired to cause them to be printed together in one 

 volume." This resolution is signed by Christopher Wren, President. 

 The folio volume, with the contents specified, was published in 1682,. 

 containing 304 pages and 83 plates. The memoirs published in 

 octavo (in 1671, 1673 and 1675) were carefully revised, and the 

 large majority of the plates re-issued, though a few were added to or 

 re-engraved. The title of each of these three memoirs bears that 

 it was " The Second Edition." The lectures on the Leaves, Flowers, 

 Fruits, and Seeds were here published for the first time. 



I have to crave forbearance for setting out in what may appear 

 unnecessary detail the separate works of Grew. I am anxious that 

 the remarkable labours of this original investigator should be realised 

 by the members of the Society. But I have also a further purpose 

 in view in submitting these details, which is to make plain how erro- 

 neous are the attempts that have been made to depreciate the work of 

 Grew and to rob him of the credit that belongs to him as an original 

 worker. 



Schleiden promulgated these charges in his 'Grundzuge' 1845. 

 They are thus expressed by Lankester in his translation of Schleideu's 

 work published in London 1849, under the title of ' Principles of 

 Scientific Botany ' (pp. 37, 38). 



