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Sussex, a large contributor; Rev. W. T. Bree, of Warwickshire; 

 James Biodie. of Brodie, Elgin ; W. Bruuton. of Ripon ; Hev. H. 

 Bryant, Norfolk ; James Crowe, Norfolk, a student of Willows ; 

 Rev. Sir J. Galium & Sir T. G. Cullum, Suffolk botanists; Rev. 

 James Dalton, Rector of Croft. Yorkshire, the discoverer of Schench- 

 zeria; Rev. Hugh Davies, of x\ugle8ea, author of Welsh Botamilo'ii/; 

 George Don, the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 

 a large coiitributor of Higldand plants, but including a considerable 

 number which have not since been found, and so seem to have been 

 erroneously recorded as natives ; F. K. Eagle, Suffolk ; Rev. R. 

 Forby, Rector of Fincham, Norfolk ; Edward Forster. Essex ; Sir 

 Thomas G.ige (Lichens); R. K. Greville I Algfe) ; Miss Griffiths, of 

 Torquay (Algje) ; Rev. J. Harriman, Yorkshire; Rev. J. Hemsted, 

 many plants from Cambridgeshire ; Miss Hutchins, of Bautry 

 (Algce and Mosses) ; A. B. Lambert, of Boyton, Wilts ; Rev. G. R. 

 Leathes, Norfolk; Charles Lyell (Lichens); James T. Mackay and 

 John Mackay, large contributors of Irish and Scotch plants 

 respectively; W. Mathew, of Bury St. Edmunds; John Pitchford, 

 of Norwich, the discoverer of Holostenm uinbellatu>n ; Jacob Rayer, 

 Kentish plants; Rev. R. Relhan. of Cambs. ; Edward Robson, of 

 Darlington, many plants ; Jonathan Salt, of Sheffield ; Rev. 

 Charles Sutton, Norwich ; John Templeton, of Belfast, discoverer 

 of Rosa hibeinica; and Lilly Wig^;:, of Yarmouth. 



During the progress of Emilish Bctani/ several works appeared, 

 which may here be briefly noticed. In 1804, Walter Wade, of 

 Dublin, published his Plantw rariores in Hibtrnia iiireiitce, which 

 must have been very welcome, as very little had hitherto been done 

 for Ireland ; and the next year (1805) Turner and Dillwyn's 

 Botanisfs Guide thronqh Eiuiiaiul and Walex appeared, consisting 

 simply of county lists of localities for our rarer plants. In 1807 

 a great work was completed by Prof. Thomas Martyn, of Cambridge 

 — namely, a new edition of Miller's Gardener s Dictionanj. About 

 the same time the British '"Fuci" were dealt with by Dawson 

 Turner — first in a Synopsis (1802), and afterwards in a more 

 complete work of four volumes (1808-1819). In 1802 Dillwyn 

 commenced his valuable monograph on the British '• Conferva," 

 illustrated by 116 coloured plates; and in 1816 a monograph on 

 British Jimr/ermannicP was published by William Jackson Hooker. 

 He also about the same time reissued Curtis's Flora Londinensis, 

 with large additions ; and in 1818, with Thomas Taylor, produced 

 an excellent work on British Mosses. The above-named are the 

 chief works on British botany which appeared during the first 

 twenty years of the century. The Lmnean system under the 

 auspices of Sir James Smith held undisputed sway in England ; 

 but the elder Hooker, above mentioned, who was then the ri>ing 

 botanist, in the early part of 1821 published his Flora Scotira, 

 '' arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods." 

 In the preface, dated 10 April, 1821, the author claims the merit 

 of being the first to arrange indigenous plants according to the 

 natural system. This work being in the main a compilation 

 from Lightfoot's Flora Scotica and Englinh Botany, need not 



