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the culture of old Bobart." — " Jacob Bobart 

 was a German, and was appointed the first 

 keeper of the Physic-garden at Oxford." 



A botanic garden was planted at Padua 

 in 1533, and one at Presburg in 1564. At 

 the present time there are twenty-three bo- 

 tanic gardens in the Austrian monarchy. 

 France has two noble establishments for the 

 encouragement of this art ; and Amsterdam 

 may boast, not only of having enriched Eu- 

 rope, but the West Indies also, with plants 

 from her public garden ; while Sweden may 

 justly pride herself on giving the world a 

 Linnaeus. 



Evelyn, whose Sylva has immortalized his 

 name, notices in his Diary, June 10, 1658, 

 " I went to see the medical garden at West- 

 minster, well stored with plants, under Mor- 

 gan, a skilful botanist." This remark has 

 given rise to a supposition, that it was the 

 garden belonging to the Apothecaries of Lon- 

 don, prior to its being removed to Chelsea ; 

 but this was not the case, as Coles mentions 

 it as a private garden, in his Paradise of 

 Plants, published in 1657, where (in chapter 

 8) he says, " some plants grow only in the 

 gardens of herbarists, as in Mr. Morgan's 

 garden at Westminster." 



