to return the fdllowiiijr year, mid iiuleeil, fully iiitemlod to ilo so, Ijut vnrious cir- 

 cunisdiiices ocfurreil lo |)reveiit him, iiud it was not till 1841 that he was able to 

 fiillil his eu««:aj;euient. In the sunuiier of that year, however, soon after the pub- 

 lieation i)f the Sitjyph/nciU to t/ie /J/ici/rldjiuu/id of J'iaiits, Mr. L()n(h)n, Agnes, 

 and myself, went from London to Derby, and, after s]»endin<i' a few days with our 

 kind and excellent frientl, Mr. Strutt, we proceeded through Leetis to Manchester. 

 It rained heavily when we arrived at Leeds, but, Mr. London having determined 

 to visit the Botanic (iardeu, we went there in a most awful thunder-storm, and the 

 whole of the time we were in the garden the rain descended in torrents. We were 

 all wet, and we had no time to change our clothes, as, on our return to the station, 

 we found the last train to Manchester ready to start, and Mr. London was most 

 anxious to proceed thither without delay. When we arrived at Manchester, he 

 was far from well, but, notwithstanding, the next morning, though it still rained 

 heavily, he insisted upon going to the Botanic Garden. Here he increased his 

 cold, and when we returned to the inn, he was obliged to go to bed. The next 

 morning, however, he would go on to Liver[)ool, and, though he was so ill there 

 that when we drove to the Botanic Garden he was unable to get out of the coach, 

 and was ol)liged to send me to look at some plants he wished to have examined, he 

 would sail for Scotland that night. He w'as very ill during the voyage, and when 

 we landed at Greenock he was in a high fever, lie persisted, however, in going 

 by the railway to Paisley, and thence to Croslee Cottage, where we had promised 

 to spend a few days with our kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse. When we 

 arrived there, he was obliged instantly to go to bed. A doctor was sent for, who 

 pronounced his disease to be a bilious fever, and for some time his life appeared 

 in great danger. 



It was six weeks before he could leave his bed; but as soon as he was able to 

 sit up he became anxious to resume his labors, and taking leave of our kind friends, 

 we set out on a tour through the South of Scotland, visiting every garden of con- 

 sequence on our route, and making notes of all we saw. Notwithstanding all he 

 had suffered during his severe illness, and the state of weakness to which he was 

 reduced, he exerted himself to see everything ; and he was never deterred, either 

 by fatigue or wet weather, from visiting every garden that he heard contained any- 

 thing interesting. After travelling about a fortnight we reached Edinburgh, but 

 Mr. Loudon only stayed one night ; and, leaving Agnes and me there, he proceeded 

 on the 13th of August alone to Glasgow, on liis road to Stranraer, where he was 

 going to lay out the grounds at Castle Kennedy, for the Earl of Stair. 



On the 1st of September he returned to Edinburgh, which of course he found 

 greatly changed since he had resided there thirty-seven years before ; and, for the 

 next fortnight, he had great pleasure in showing me the places he had known when 

 a boy. On the 13th of September, having hired a carriage at Edinburgh, we set 

 out on our return home by land, and, at Newcastle, we spent two or three days 

 with our friends Mr. and Mrs. Sopwith. 



In December, 1841, a))pcared the first number of the Encyclopcedia of Trees 

 and Shrubs, the work consisting of ten monthly numbers. The abridgment of the 

 Hortus Liynosus Londinensis was published immediately on the conclusion of the 

 Encyclopccdia of Trees and Shrubs, and in May, 1842, appeared the Errst Addi- 

 tio7ial Supplement to the EncycJopcedia of Cottage Architecture. 



In addition to the works which have been enumerated, Mr. Loudon contributed 

 to several others, such as the Encijclopcedia of Doitiestic Economy, and Brande's 

 Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art. He also wrote the article " Planting" 

 for the new edition of the Encyclopcedia Britannica. 



^arly in March, 1842, he had an attack of inflammation of the lungs, and 



