PREFACE V 



How, Dale, and Johnson at an early age, and before the 

 complete publication of their Vv^ork, and partly to the 

 absence at that early period of any School of English 

 Botany or of any botanical journal. 



Thanks to Goodyer we are now able to print much new 

 matter relating to the plant-records of Sir John Salusbury, 

 William Mount, Richard Shanne, Walter Stonehouse, 

 William How, Dr. John Dale, and others, to publish 

 many 'first evidences' of the plants of Kent, Hampshire, 

 and other counties, and to list the garden plants grown 

 by John Coys, John Parkinson, the elder Tradescant, 

 and Morison ; and in some instances from their original 

 writings. To many, our lists of pre-Linnean plant-names may 

 appear uninteresting, but we believe that such publication 

 is a necessary preliminary to the preparation of any com- 

 prehensive monograph on the subject of the introduction 

 of plants into English Gardens, whence a few, e. g. the 

 Italian Ivy-leaved Toadflax, have ran wild all over the 

 country. 



If in this compilation I have disentangled a few of the 

 knots in that ancient skein of names and dates, I rest 

 satisfied. I know that the fabric is left with plenty of 

 ' ends ' for other workers, and, like the Irishman's net, is 

 full of holes. 



It remains for me to acknowledge my obligations to 

 my College, not only for having given me the opportunity 

 of finding and arranging the Goodyerian manuscripts, but 

 also for having- made a most substantial contribution 

 towards the heavy cost of the printing. St. John's and 

 Jesus Colleges have likewise assisted with grants in aid 

 of the publication of the plant records of How and 

 Salusbury, distinguished members of their respective 

 Societies, and the Delegates of the Clarendon Press have 

 assisted financially at a very difficult time and by the loan 



