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BIBLIOGEAPHICAL NOTES. 

 LIII. — John Frederick Miller and his 'Icones.' 



A reference to this work — as " J. S. [sic] Mill. Fasc. t. 25 

 (1780) " — in Index Kewensis (under Brucea) led me to consult it 

 in the more accessible edition published in 1796, under the title 

 Cimelia Physica, with descriptions by Dr. George Shaw. For 

 purposes of citation it became necessary to refer to the original 

 edition, and the notes I took when so doing may be worth 

 publishing. The description of the work in Dryander's Catalogue 

 (i. 198) of the Banksian Library runs : — 



" (Icones Animalium et Plantarum). Painted, engraved, and 

 published by John Frederick Miller. 1776-1794. Tabb. seneaB 

 color. 60, longit. 18 unc. lat. 12 unc. Nomina et loci natales in 

 pagg. impressis 10." 



Banks's copy, of which the above is a description, is, as 

 indicated above, without title-page ; it is bound in two volumes, 

 which are lettered on the back " Miller's Plates." 



Bound up with and preceding this is a fascicle of seven plates, 

 to which I can find no reference in any published work. The 

 only lettering on each is " Painted, engraved and published by 

 John Miller according to Act, 1780 " ; they are accompanied by 

 descriptive text, of a character different from that of the Icones, 

 as a transcription of the first will show : — 



" Tab. I. — Decandria Monogynia. 

 " Sophora tetraptera. 

 11 Is a native of New Zealand. 

 "Flowered and maturated seeds in the open ground in the 



Botanic Garden at Chelsea, and in the garden of W. 



Pitcairn, M.D., at Islington." An. 1779. 



" Explanation of the Figures. 



" Fig. 1. The flower-bearing Branch.— 2. The Vexillum seen 

 on the external side. — 3. The same on the interior side. — 

 4 and 5. The Alae (or Wings).— 6 and 7. The dipetalous 

 Carina.— 8. The Stamens.— 9. The Anthera magnified on 

 both sides.— 10. The Style with a Stamen.— 11. The Style 

 with the Calyx. — 12. The Legumens (or Seed-pots).— 

 13. Two-joints of the Legumen dissected, so that the 

 membranes (A) appear, which include the seeds. — 14. The 



The other plants figured are : — 



Tab. II. — " Phormium tenax Forster " 



Tab. III. — " Steioartia Malacodendron Linn. . . . Flowered in the 



royal gardens at Kew." 

 Tab. IV.—" Fothergillia .... Flowered first in the garden of 



John Fothergill, M.D., at Ham House, in Essex, Anno 



1771." 



