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that situation more than two years when he 

 published his Gardener's Dictionary, in two 

 volumes octavo, but which is not generally 

 noticed by his biographers, although we deem 

 it the germ and embryo from whence, in 

 1781, sprang his folio volume, which has since 

 swelled into four large folios, and has been 

 translated into the Dutch, German, and 

 French languages. 



Sir Joseph Banks, who was a liberal bene- 

 factor to this garden, commenced his botani- 

 cal studies, it is said, under the tuition of the 

 venerable compiler of the Gardener's Dic- 

 tionary. Sir Joseph presented to the Chel- 

 sea Botanic Garden more than five hundred 

 different kinds of seeds, which he had col- 

 lected in his voyage round the globe. Th 



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services w T hich this great naturalist has ren- 

 dered his country are unparalleled, and will 

 be remembered by posterity with gratitude, 

 as long as these kingdoms are blessed with 

 civilization. 



It is said that the finest and most interest- 

 ing collection of hardy herbaceous plants that 

 this country could ever boast of, has been 

 formed by the care and knowledge of Mr. 

 William Anderson, the present gardener of 

 the Apothecaries' Botanic Garden at Chelsea, 



