l6 PnOCEBDINGS OF THE 



imprimatur signed by the President of tlie College of Physicians 

 and other members, an original letter from Argent to Lobel, and 

 How's own animadversions, on Parkinson. Two other volumes 

 contain a Synonymy of Plants, used by Goodyer, and the remains 

 of u small ilortus Hyemalis in which ferns and mosses were pre- 

 served. Goodyer's miscellaneous papers (juite bear out the high 

 reputation in which he was held by his contemporaries — Johnson, 

 Merrett, Parkinson, etc. They include dated descriptions of 

 some 90 naw or rare species of i)laiits either collected by him or 

 flowered in his gardens; early lists, of plants grown in the gar- 

 dens of William Coys in Essex in IGIG, which is, therefore, the 

 second English garden-list known ; of Francjueville, (iJibbs, 

 Parkinson, and probably in his own garden at Droxford, Hants, 

 where he li\ed until he moved to Peterslield on his marriage. It 

 is hoped that it may soon be possible to print this and much 

 other personal detail relating to Goodyer and his contempo- 

 raries. 



By the kindness of Mrs. Euck-Keene, a portion of a deed re- 

 lating to Goodyer's connection with a Bramshott property was 

 also exhibited. 



The Pre>ident having commented on the interest of the com- 

 munication, invited discussion. 



Mr. C. C. Lacaita stated that his interest in John Goodyer 

 dated from his own investigation into the history of the Jeru- 

 salem Artichoke. Goodyer was stated to he of " Mapledurham," 

 which was not the Maplt'durhaiii on the Thames above Reading, 

 nor Mapledurwell in [I:im[)sliire, but th« Manor of Mapledurham 

 near PctersHeld in Sussex. 



Dr. D. PI. Scott, F.R.S.. and Mr. James Britten having con- 

 tinued the discussion, the latter quoting from his investigations 

 of the Sloane collections in the British JMusenm (Natural 

 History), the General Secretary congratulated the author on his 

 discovery that j\li\ " Coel," Lobel's son in-law, was identical with 

 Master James Cole, a London merchant mentioned by Gerard 

 several times, always in commendation. The speaker had arrived 

 at this conclusion some years previously, now confirmed by 

 Goodyer's entries. He also pointed out that Lobel had another 

 son-in-la\v, referred to as Ludovicus Myreus, apparently a London 

 apothecary of repute, and named also by Clusius in his ' Exotica.' 

 Thus Lobel must either have had two married daughters or a 

 daughter who was twice married. 



The second communication was by the General Secretary: "The 

 benefits derived by Naturalists from the operations of the JVational 

 Trust." He observed that upon the death of the llev. Canon 

 Hardwicke Drummond Kawnsley, on the 28th May, 1920, the 

 subject occurred to him as eminently suitable for presentation to 

 the Society, and was on the Agenda paper for the first meeting of 

 the present session but was crowded out. lie traced the history 

 of the "National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural 



