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King of Naples at Caserta, through the interest of Sir J. Banks. 

 At that place he laid out and well stocked a Garden after the 

 English mode. Lord Nelson appointed him to superintend his 

 e^late at Bronte, and many noblemen employed him as a Gar- 

 den Designer. He continued Gardener at Caserta during the 

 usurpation of Murat, but was murdered near his own house in 

 18 IG-* He publisljod 



A Descriptive Catalogue of upwards of 1100 species and 

 varieties of Herbaceous or Perennial Plants, divided into six 

 columns, exhibiting at one view, theirnames, magnitude, height, 

 and situation ; time of flowering, colour of their flowers, and 

 the native country of each species. With a list of hardy Ferns 

 for the decoration of the Northern Borders,and the most orna- 

 mental Annuals. London, 1789. 8vo. 



JAMES SOWERBY, F. L. S. &c. was by profession a 

 portrait painter ; but will be ever distinguished as a Botanicaj 

 Draftsman and Engraver. He was first brought into notice by 

 having made some sketches of Plants from Nature to introduce 

 in the foregrounds of some Landscapes, which being shown to 

 some Botanical friend, they suggested the publication of the 

 "English Botany" which with the powerful assistance of the 

 late Sir J- E- Smith was completed ; the onl}- descriptions that 

 were not written by the latter where from the pen of the late 

 Dr. Shaw. Sowcrby brought up a numerous family, all of whom 

 share in their fath-M's talent. He was an indefatigable collector 

 of Botanical and Mineralogical specimens, of which he formed 

 an extensive Museum. He died in 1822. He wrote in some of 

 the Scientific Periodicals, and the produce of his pencil are to 

 be seen in most of the illustrations of our later Botanical works 

 &:c. He deserves our notice here from being the author of the 

 following works. 



• Eneyclop. of Gardcnin|r. p. 1110. 6. Ed: 



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