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Sibthorp the highest critical authority his work embodied 

 by Sir J. E. Smith in Prodromui Flora Graeme and Flora Grteca. 

 In the 5th century the Nestorians established their schools 

 of Medicine among the Arabs (Dr. Royle, Ch. Knight's 

 Cycl. of Biog.). 



Hartlib, Saml'ei, (p. xt of Introduction). Sir Ernest 

 Clarke, in his Cambridge Lectures on "The History of 

 Agriculture" (1897-9), has proved that the work published 

 by Samuel Hartlib in 1651, under the title of "Legacy of 

 Husbandry," was written entirely (except 3 pp.) by Robert 

 Child of Corpus College, Cambridge. 



185. Herrera, Gabriel Alonso, a native of Talavera, 

 Spain's great Agronome and Agricultural writer, called the 

 New Columella, flourished 2nd half of 15th and beginning of 

 16th century. Professor at the University of Salamanca, he 

 published, under patronage of Cardinal Cisneros, Obra de 

 Agricultura Copilada de Diversos Autores, fol., Alcala, 15 1 3 

 (black letter). Twenty-eight imperfect editions followed till 

 the Sociedad Economica Matritense restored the text in their 

 Agricultura General Corregida y Adicionada, 4 vols. 4-to., 

 Madrid, 1818. (Knight's Cycl. cf Biog.) 



128. Hestchtos, Grammarian of Alexandria, c. 4th century 

 a.d. (most learned of all ancient critics (Casaubon) ; author 

 of Greek Lexicon ; possibly a Christian. Eds. Alberti and 

 Ruhnken, 2 vols. , fol. Lug. Bat. 1746-66; Schmidt Sup- 

 plem. 1857-64 (Sax. Onom., I., p. 464; Fabr. B. Gr. 4 



c - 37)- 



129. De L'Obel (Lobelius), Matthias, b. at Lille 1538 ; 

 studied Medicine under Rondeletius at Montpellier ; practised 



t Antwerp and Delft; physician to Statthalter, William of 

 Orange, after whose death in 1584 he settled for life in 

 England, which he had probably visited already. His Patron 



