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of the genus with any difference that may be required for some 

 of the species. This prevents much of the confusion and tauto- 

 logy which occurred in the previous editions. 



Miller published an abridgement of his Dictionary in 1735, 

 2 vols, 8vo, A second edition in 3 vols, 1741. A third in 

 1748. A fourth in 1754. A fifth Edition in 1 vol. 4to, in 

 1763, and a sixth of similar size in 1770. It was published in 

 Dutch in 1746, and in German in 1750. In French in 1705. 



Thus has this gi'eat record of our Art progressively improved, 

 and will ever remain a monument of its author's acquirements, 

 and a standard fur refereuce^ The practical contents are am- 

 ple and correct ; and for forming an opinion of the scientific 

 part we need only quote the observation of Linnaeus, who said 

 of it "Non est Lexicon Hortulanorum sed Botanicorum." 



2. A method of raising some Exotic seeds which have been 

 judged almost impossible to be raised in England — This 

 appeared in the Philosophical Transactions vol. xxxv. p. 

 485. No. 403.— By germinating them in a bark bed, and 

 transplanting them into earth. — 1728. 



3* An Account of Bulbous Roots flowering in bottles filled 

 with Water, vol. xxxvii. p. 81. No. 418. This practice 

 was then lately discovered. 



4. A Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs and Flowers, which are 

 hardy enough to bear the cold of our climate and the open 

 air and are propagated in the gardens near London. 

 1730. fol. — Plates coloured. Arrangement Alphabetical. 

 Without his name. 



6. Catalogus Plantarum Officinalium qua: in Ilorto Bohuiii o 

 Chelseiano aliuntur — 1730. 8vo. 



