HISTORY OP ALG^. 



science^ and who ■ enumerated a good many Algse in his 

 Synopsis. Dillenius deserves to be mentioned, whose figures 

 of many of the Conferva are good. Hudson is worthy 

 of much praise, and I have a regard for him because his 

 ' Flora Anghca/ which is remarkable for its accuracy, was 

 the first botanical work I ever saw, with the exception of 

 Lee^s Introduction. One of the next I fell in with was 

 Lightfoot's ^Mora Scotica,^ a very interesting book, and 

 the more valuable as many of the species he describes were 

 gathered and figured by himself. Stackhouse^s ' Nereis 

 Britannica,^ which appeared in numbers at the end of the 

 last and beginning of the present century, though now 

 rather rare, is a work of considerable merit. Por this and 

 other valuable botanical works, I have been indebted to 

 Dr. Robert Kaye Greville. The publication of Dr. Greville's 

 own works at a later period, formed an era in the history of 

 Marine Botany. They are exceedingly good, and have been 

 highly lauded by all subsequent writers on this department 

 of Science. His descriptions are admirable, and his exqui- 

 site plates in his ' Algse Britannicae,^ his ^ Scottish Crypto- 

 gamic Flora,^ and his other publications, were well fitted to 

 lay the foundation of his recently-acquired fame as a first- 

 rate landscape painter. 



