INDEX 



105 



PARIS, 46. 



PERSIMMON (Date-palm), at Ph. 

 G., 94. 



PETIVER, James (1663-1718), De- 

 monstrator at Ph. G., 40 ; his 

 Natural History plates, 41, 

 4 1 - 



PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, 97. 



PHYSIC GARDEN, meaning of, 

 Introd. ; at Oxford and Kew, 

 ib. ; at Chelsea, founded, 25 ; 

 its boundaries, 27-29 ; walls 

 built, 32 ; Evelyn's account 

 of, 36 ; its soil, 40 ; presented 

 to the Apothecaries by Sloane, 

 43-4 ; expenses of, 57 ; in 

 1768, 64 ; flooded, 74 ; Lind- 

 ley's improvements, 81-2 ; 

 subsidy from the Apothe- 

 caries, 84 ; effects of Embank- 

 ment on, 88 ; trees at, 88-95 ' 

 passes to Charity Commis- 

 sioners, 97-8. 



PHYSICIANS, College of, their 

 Library, 23 n., 57, 61 n., 97. 



PICCADILLY, first mtd., 21. 



PlMLICO, 27. 



PLAGUE, The Great, 22. 

 PLANE, American, 93 ; London, 



92 ; Oriental, 92-3. 

 POMEGRANATE, in Ph. G., 95. 

 POMONA, figure of, 22. 

 PONTINE MARSHES, 38. 

 POPLAR, Lombardy, 90 n. 

 PORT JACKSON, 75. 

 POTENTILLA, 76. 

 PRAIN, Sir D., 88 n., 89. 

 PRIMITIVE MAN, 13-14. 

 PUTNEY, 76. 

 PUTNEY HEATH, in 1748, 62. 



" QUEEN ANNE MIXTURE," 38. 

 QUEEN'S ELM, origin of the 



name, 30. 

 QUININE, see Cinchona. 



RAND, Isaac (ob. 1743), Director 



of Ph. G., 56, 65. 

 RANDIA, 57. 

 RAY, John (1627-1705), his 



Herbarium, 64, 84 ; his 



Philosophical Letter, 35, 40, 

 46, 50, 63. 



RIBSTON PIPPINS, 99. 



ROSE, Mrs., married to Sloane. 

 48. 



ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, 97. 



ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD (Chel- 

 sea), 29. 



ROYAL SOCIETY, The, founded, 

 40, 44, 65, 83. 



ROYLE, j. F. (1799-1858), in- 

 troduces tea-plant to India, 

 82. 



RUSKIN, J., 87. 



RYSBRACK, John Michael (c. 

 1693-1770), his statue of Sir 

 H. Sloane, 58. 



ST. LUCIA, 75. 



SALVIA, 77. 



SAMOA, 85. 



SANDWICH, John Montagu, 4th 

 E. of (1718-92), his friendship 

 with Banks, 69-70. 



SERICULTURE, attempted in Eng- 

 land, 91-2. 



SEMPLE, Dr. R. H., 77 ; see 

 " Field, H." 



SERPENTINE, The, 25. 



SEWARD, Prof., q. 89. 



SHANGHAI, 85. 



SHEIDON, Sir John, 24 n. 



SHERARD, J. (1666-1738), hia 

 garden at Eltham, 55-6. 



SHERARD, Wm. (1650-1728), 

 founds chair of Botany at 

 Oxford. 



SILK-WORMS, see Sericulture. 



SHIP-MONEY, 23. 



SIERRA LEONE, 75. 



SIKKIM, 38. 



SIGN HOUSE, 74-5. 



SLOANE, Sir Hans (1660-1753), 

 at Chelsea, 35 ; buys Manor 

 of Chelsea, 43 ; his early 

 years, 45-6 ; studies on the 

 Continent, 46 ; visits Jamaica, 

 47 ; his collections, 48 ; mar- 

 riage, ib. ; presents Ph. G. 

 to Apothecaries, 49 ; founds 

 the British Museum, 51-2 ; 

 character of, 53-4. 



