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settled what consideration Jeffray is to pay Brown for teaching 

 the class." 



3 June, 1799. — -Letter from Jeffray stating that his stay in 

 London would depend on the will of the Committee of the House 

 of Commons by whom he had been summoned, and that he would 

 settle matters with Dr. Brown. 



7 May, i56>(?.— Meeting considered letter from Dr. Jeffray, 

 and were of opinion that it would tend to the advancement of 

 medical science in the university if anatomy and botany were 

 taught by different persons. They think Dr. Thomas Brown, 

 whom Dr. Jeffray recommends, is well qualified, and they allow 

 Dr. Jeffray to employ Dr. Brown to teach botany as long as it 

 shall seem expedient, and the Faculty agree the more willingly 

 because they understand that Dr. Brown proposes to give lectures 

 on agriculture. Dr. Brown to have no claim on the college 

 funds for teaching the class. This was Dr. Thomas Brown, 

 M.D., Edin., 1798, surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, 

 1804-1810, and physician, 1824-1828. He lectured for some 

 years on botany in the university before the foundation of the 

 chair in that subject. He succeeded to the estate of Lanfine in 

 1S29, and died in 1853, leaving his collections to the Universities 

 of Edinburgh and Glasgow in equal shares. 



On the 2nd April preceding, the Faculty had fixed the fee for 

 several classes, including that of botany, at three guineas, but 

 they now thought it would not be expedient that the fee for 

 botany should be so high, and fixed it at two guineas. 



5 June, 1800. — £10 to be paid to Dr. Jeffray for plants and 

 manure for the botanic garden for two years ending 1st May, 1800. 



10 June, 1808. — A disposition by James Burns to the Principal 

 and Professors of the ground intended for a botanic garden 

 was given in, and the Faculty authorised jjayment of the price. 



1 March. 1809.— Four acres of Blythswood land, intended for 

 a botanic garden, let for pasture for this summer for £14. 



17 April, 1809.— The Faculty agreed to allow Dr. Jeffray £20 

 this session for supplying the botany class with plants. 



2o Ajjril, 1810.— -Dr. Jeffray allowed £20 for supplying the 

 botany class with plants this session. 



JO April, 1812.— £-20 allowed to Dr. Jeffray for plants for 

 botany clasSi 



