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Herbarium about 1884. The paper on which Miller's plants were 

 laid out corresponds with that used by Banks ; Miller's names were 

 probably written on the wrappers and thrown away with them, 

 which would account for the fact that, except when descriptive 

 Libels were included, there is no evidence in his hand to indicate 

 the name of the species, and would also explain their being 

 written up by Solander with the indication " Mill." or " M." 

 which often follows or sometimes precedes the "L." appended 

 to the name ; they were no doubt laid out at the time the copy 

 of the Dictionary was " ticked." Occasionally sheets containing 

 mounted specimens bear names in Miller's hand, and these w T ere 

 no doubt found in that state in his herbarium — an example may 

 be seen under Miliaria, on which, by the way, as has sometimes 

 happened, Solander's pencil MS. of the name has been darkened 

 by a later hand, the character of the writing being thus somewhat 

 altered. 



The material for determining Miller's species is by no means 

 confined to his own herbarium. A large collection of his Chelsea 

 Garden plants is in the Sloane Herbarium, collected at dates 

 extending from 1727 to 1739. The specimens, which are very 

 good and are labelled in Miller's hand, will be found in the 

 following volumes, some of which they occupy entirely : 228-30, 

 244, 294-5, 316-17, 323-4. In all except 228-30, in which they 

 are pasted on, his labels are written on the folios ; the sheets 

 would thus seem to have been prepared by Miller — the title to 

 H. S. 296 states, in Sloane's hand, that the specimens contained 

 in it were "gathered, dryed, and fastened" by Miller himself. 



Further information as to the plants cultivated in the Chelsea 

 Garden during Miller's rule may be obtained from the lists of the 

 plants which, in accordance with the terms of Sloane's conveyance 

 to the Apothecaries Company, were sent annually to the Eoyal 

 Society — "fifty specimens of distinct plants, well dried and pre- 

 served, which grew in the garden the same year, with their names 

 or reputed names ; those presented in each year to be specifically 

 distinct from every former year, until the number of two thousand 

 si mil have been delivered." These lists appear in the Philo- 

 sophical Transactions from 1722 to 1774— a period which only 

 slightly exceeds the term of Miller's Curatorship of the Garden 

 (1722-1770). Miller himself, however, seems to have had nothing 

 to do with this part of the work, which devolved upon the official 

 who was styled "Demonstrator of Plants and Prsefectus Horti." 

 Nos. 1-900 of the lists were transmitted by Isaac Band (1722-39) ; 

 nos. 901-1250 (1704-46) by Joseph Miller; nos. 1251-2150 

 (1747-64) by John Wilmer; nos. 2151-2400 (1765-69) by William 

 Hudson ; nos. 2401-2500 (1770-1) by Stanesby Alchorne ; nos. 

 2501-50 (1772) by William Curtis. The specimens representing 

 these were in 1781 transferred to the British Museum and are now 

 incorporated with the National Herbarium, where are MS. lists, 

 apparently never published, carrying the numbers on to 3150; 

 from 1781 inclusive the plants seem to have been sent directly 

 to the Museum from the Garden ; the last 50 were delivered in 



