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higher pretensions than his catalogues of wild and cultivated 

 plants ; he was celebrated as a connoisseur or a critic in the 

 fine arts. His tours in France, Switzerland, and Italy, abound 

 in artistic critiques, and'lt i^ nOt improbable that his work on 

 Italy was the model on which the eminent Sir J. E. Smith com- 

 posed his celebrated ' Tour on the Coniinent.^'^"'^^^^^^, '* ' 



The prince of British botanists highly commends tlie work of 

 liis predecessor, " as containing an ample catalogue of works of 

 art^ with characteristic remarks, both concise and discrimina- 

 tivj^.",.,j.IJe ^(Qncludes his brief notice of this work with these 

 words : — " The amiable author, content with being useful, has 

 left unattempted what is esteemed more brilliant, viz., fame, 

 though undoubtedly at his command.' A habit of penetration 

 and discrimination, with a facility of clear communication, ac- 

 quired by the systematic study of nature, are remarkably dis- 

 played in this performance." '-'qEfiO 



Our author also published ' Eleridfents of i^TaturaT Jlistory,*' and 

 a work called ' The English Connoisseur,^ or an account of the 

 artistic curiosities " in the palaces and seats of the nobility and 

 gentry of England.'^ ,. 



Besides the curacy of Edgware, h,e held the liyings of Luggers- 

 hall, and Little Marlow, in Bucks, and ultimately that of Perten- 

 hall, in Bedfordshire, wh^v^^.]i^.,^^^^.jin IS^^^^j^^^s^^i^e^.^^y.j^nced 

 age oi eighty-nine.: I ,Ao-i J ,iioi(ia;o:> eaiciuri .,?,Mi«isiss« z^\\wm\i\'lJ .c-L; 



A Catalogue of the )n;iqre rare Plants found wild in. the county 

 of Surrey. By Professor Martyn, of Cambridge (fjp}^^,^^ni^ 

 and Btay's ',JiistQi;yi)f SuiTjCey.'^. ...... ..>,.n,i,.y\\5,i .64o\v.«h\s;3 .\'S 



.:vi9|{^f|j"iiir^^(j^j^iJ8 et iJ .I)B3f{-i3dJ69J -IBSn LOCALITY. 



sell; Hippuris vulgaris. Thames sidfe. ; rimt [hwauc. jsaijfjjra lo i'ldml erf) 



^^^1 Salvia verdenaca. Guildford, M6fd*tii'fiEfll'Hgfea'di,wjaiJ«ls^G<reat 



lie 8ii jBTOriJo §nornjj .gear! J 'Jo aJail jBtibKliatti;^'' ^*^* ; booifiooddgion iadi rti raid 

 ■ni nsi rrr Iriift ■8li'?r di <x•<'v^'iva^^s^■;.<Al,■,^,■ \ .,-, .i,|,.'<'r Q.(t ■^, , +,.r ..,,,,/, .;.( .-,t 5,;),^,.,^.-; A 

 'iif -* " For the following list of the indigenoua Planta of Smrey the present Editor is 

 iiadebted to the liberal and spontaneous communication of Mr. Professor Martyn, 

 of Cormbridgef whose skill in the Science of Botany has been long known to the world. 

 dt.was, accompanied with ». most obliging letter; in which he says, that, at the 

 i^loseof the Preface to the Second Yolmne of the History of /Swcey, the Editor ob- 

 served, ,' that he had not tlieu learned where to apply for assistance on the subject 

 of the Botany of the County;' the Professor therefore sends a list of the indi- 

 genous Plants of the County. He says that between 1752 and 1768 he was in 



