CONTENTS 



Introduction ........ p. xi 



CHAPTER I 



Existence of Apothecaries' Garden from time of Stuarts. Botany 

 closely connected with medicine. Apothecaries break away from 

 Grocers' Company ; become a City Company. Grocers' petition 

 James I for the return of the Apothecaries. The King's reply. 

 The Company at last recognized and welcomed by Lord Mayor. 

 Cobham House becomes Apothecaries' Hall. Blackfriars Theatre 

 next door. Johnson, editor of Gerard's HerbaU, tastes bananas, 

 organizes botanical excursions, dies fighting for King Charles. 

 Money troubles during Civil War. The Plague. The Fire of 

 London. Apothecaries' Hall rebuilt . . pp. 13-23 



CHAPTER II 



Apothecaries take lease of Garden in Chelsea, a river-side village, 

 bounded on east by the Westbourne. King's Private Road not 

 finished ; excellent site for Physic Garden. State barges. Origin 

 of name " Paradise Row." Sir Thomas More's " Paradise " 

 included Chelsea Park. Apothecaries' Garden a " Paradise." 



pp. 24-31 

 CHAPTER III 



Plants transferred from Westminster to the Chelsea Garden. 

 Visit of Professor Herman of Leyden. Cedars planted 1683, and 

 produce cones in 1732. Sloane's letter to Ray on the Garden. 

 Evelyn's visit to the Garden. Cinchona trees. Earl of 

 Clarendon's visit. Proposal to abandon the Garden. Petiver. 

 Natural History illustrations. Members of the Apothecaries' 

 Society to be taxed to maintain Garden. Sir Hans Sloane presents 

 the Garden to the Apothecaries' in February, 1722. pp. 32-44 



CHAPTER IV 



Sir Hans Sloane ; born in North of Ireland ; delicate boy ; attends 

 lectures at Apothecaries' Hall, Chelsea Physic Garden, Paris and 

 Montpellier ; accompanies Duke of Albemarle to Jamaica ; returns 

 with large collection of Flora and Fauna ; practises as a physician 

 in Bloomsbury ; created a baronet by George I ; purchases the 

 Manor of Chelsea ; dies in 1753, leaving his collections (under 

 conditions) to form a British Museum. Horace Walpole a 

 trustee. Statue placed in Physic Garden. Sloane had saved the 

 Physic Garden, and the right of residents in Chelsea to use King's 

 Road. Sloane Street represents his life . . pp. 45-54 



CHAPTER V 



Year 1722 brings new life to Physic Garden. James Sherard on 

 Garden Committee. Philip Miller, gardener, publishes The 



