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1. The Florist's Delight, containing six coloured figures, with 



Botanical Descriptions. London. 1791. Folio. 



2. Figures of English Fungi, or Mushrooms. This appeared 

 in parts from 1797 to 1803, when it was completed, form- 

 ing 3 vols, folio* 



• 

 1790' Hints for the management of Kot-beds, and directions 

 for the culture of early Cucumbers and Melons. To 

 which are added brief instructions for pruning Wall 

 and Espalier Trees. Balh 8vo. By— BRULLES. 



WILLIAM FORSYTH, F. A. S, &c. was born at Old 

 Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, in 1737. He came to England in 

 17G3 and was for some time a pupil of Philip Miller at Chel- 

 sea Garden. He became Gardener to the Duke of Northum- 

 berland at Sion House, but gave up that situation on being ap- 

 pointed in 17G9 to succeed his old master as Curator of the 

 Botanic Garden at Chelsea. Forsyth retained this situation 

 until 1784 when he was ajipointed Royal Gardener at Ken- 

 sington and St. James's in the place of T, Robinson Esq. just 

 deceased. For his improvements in the cultivation of Fruit 

 Trees, for his mode of renovating those which are decayed, and 

 for the composition he applied to their wounds, he received a 

 pecuniary grant from Parliament, who considered it a national 

 improvement. That such grant was judicious 1 am not inclined 

 to deny, it encouraged an attention to Horticulture, but it does 

 not require much research to discover that Forsyth's modes of 

 treatment were known and published by antecedent practitio- 

 ners. He died in 1804. His published writings are, 



1. Observations on the Diseases, Defects, and Injuries in all 

 kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees ; with an account of a 

 particular method of cure invented and practiced by the 

 Author. London. 1791. 8vo. 



