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with that of " the immortal Swede, whose master mind re- 

 duced the confusion and discord of botany to harmony." 

 He calls Miller " the perfect botanist and horticulturist."* 

 The following spirited tribute to Mr. Miller, appeared in 

 the Gentleman's Magazine for June, 1828 : — 



" Chelsea, June 5. 

 " Mr. Urban, — In the first volume, page 250, of the se- 

 cond edition of Faulkner's History of Chelsea, just pub- 

 lished, which contains a very copious fund of historical, anti- 

 quarian, and biographical information, I find inserted the 

 monument and epitaph of Philip Miller, who was so justly 

 styled ' the prince of horticulture' by contemporary botanists, 

 and whose well-earned fame will last as long as the sciences 

 of botany and horticulture shall endure. The epitaph of 

 this distinguished man is correctly given ; but the historian 

 appears not to have duly appreciated, if he was even aware 

 of, the circumstances which induced the Fellows of the Lin- 

 naean and Horticultural Societies of London to erect this 

 grateful tribute of respectful esteem to him, who in his life- 

 time, had done more than any individual, ancient or modern, 

 towards enlarging the boundaries of the science of horticul- 

 ture, and very extensively the far more difficult one of bo- 

 tany likewise. These he accomplished in the numerous edi- 

 tions of his unrivalled Dictionary, and in his elaborate intro- 

 ductions to botanical knowledge. 



* Dr. Pulteney relates this anecdote of Mr. Miller : " He was the only 

 person I ever knew who remembered to have seen Mr. Ray. I shall not 

 easily forget the pleasure that enlightened his countenance, it so strongly 

 expressed the Virg'dium tantum rid/, when, in speaking of that revered man, 

 he related to me that incident of his youth." I regret that Mr. Ray only 

 meditated a work to have been entitled Horli Anglia?. Had he written it, 

 I should have felt a singular pride in introducing his valued name in tin- 

 present imperfect volume. 



