58 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
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ica.’’ Philip Miller held his appointment for half a century, 
during which period he wrote extensively, contributing many 
papers to various learned societies. The standard work of that 
period and for many years after was Miller’s Dictionary of 
Gardening, the first edition being published in 1724 and the 
seventh in 1759. Later it was translated into Dutch, German 
and French. 
For many years the records of the garden contain nothing 
of general interest, though much of botanical value. In 1773 
a demonstrator was appointed to lecture in the garden to 
students but it was not until Dr. Lindley entered upon his 
duties as Praefectus Horti and Professor of Botany that 
botany became permanently established. Johnson refers to the 
collecting trips of this period in the following lines, from 
which it is evident that something more than plants attracted 
these excursionists : 
“Spread by direction of the generous lord, 
A copious banquet loads the festive board, 
And when from solid fare the guests have ceased, 
With bumper cups they crown the jovial feast.” 
On another excursion the travelers explored the flora of Wales, 
and reference is made to a learned Doctor of Divinity, much 
interested in botany, who joined the party at Stockport only 
to depart the following morning. His reason, expressed in 
Latin upon the walls of his bedroom, stood as a warning to 
future travelers for many years: 
“If, traveler, you seek for quiet, 
An easy couch, a wholesome diet, 
A landlord with a smiling mien, 
A chambermaid whose face is clean, 
At Stockport you will never stay 
But turn your steps another way. 
But if in dirt and filth your soul delights, 
At Stockport you may pass some pleasant nights.” 
Many anecdotes are extant in reference to demonstrator 
Thomas Wheeler, who held the position for upwards of forty 
years, resigning in 1820. One, probably in connection with a 
“Grand Herborizing,’’ is related by Mr. Hurlock, a well- 
known member of the Apothecaries Society. The demonstra- 
tor, accompanied by one or two other persons, was exploring 
some localities in Kent in search of plants for the annual 
