162 LIST OF LOCAL BOTANISTS. {JunC, 



viz, that he loves plants as the exponents of Divine power, 

 wisdom, and goodness, and admires them as examples of beauty, 

 order, and harmony, enjoys them as conducive to the cultiva- 

 tion of his piety, morals, and taste, and uses them for the va- 

 rious purposes of economy and ornament, for which they were 

 created. This should be accepted as the first principles of 

 botanical belief, and the practical part of this short creed is, that 

 the true believer should be ever ready to receive and circulate 

 knowledge, acquire it not for its own sake merely, but that he 

 may, while he enlarges the sphere of his own enjoyments, have 

 the far higher gratification of contributing to the happiness of 

 his family, his friends, and connections.^ 



William JoUiffe, Almshouses, Newport Road, Ryde. 

 Daniel Humberstove, Beckenham, Kent. 



AlnioicJc, Northumberland^ List. 

 William Kicliardson, Finkle-street. 

 Henry Hunter, Clayport-street. 

 John Thompson, Northumberland-street. 

 William Charetton, Narrowgate-street. 



Perth List. 

 F. B. White, Athole-place, Perth. 

 John Sim, gardener, Scone Palace. 

 Andrew Dickson, gardener, Scone Palace. 

 Robert Farquharson, druggist, 228, High-street. 

 John Macpherson, weaver, Pomarium-street. 

 Henry Boswell, Esq., Corn-market, Oxford. 

 T. W. B. Ingle, Esq., Wakefield. 



Todmorden List. 

 Rev. Thomas Sutclifie, Heptonstall. 

 John Nowell, the Market-place. — M. 

 Tom Stansfield, Vale Gardens, Hon. Sec. to the Todmorden 



Botanical Society. — P. 

 John Holmes, Church-street. 

 Jonathan Hedley, Piatt's House. 

 William Patman, Mytholm. 

 William Sutcliffe, Heptonstall. 

 John Halstead, *' The HoUins." 

 John Howarth, Robin Wood Mill. 



* In the following list, P. denotes Pteridologist, M. Muscologist. Where there 

 is neither of these letters alSxed to a name, general botanist, or botany in general, 

 is to be understood. Also, it may be desirable to state that the obtainment of the 

 gratuitous or paid services of any of those persons whose names are in this list, is 

 to be agreed on by the respective parties. This is not undertaken by the pro- 

 moters of the present movement. 



