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Sir Joseph Banks the appointment of gardener to the 

 King of Naples at Caserta. He was employed by 

 Admiral Nelson to look after his estate at Bronte, and 

 by various noblemen to lay out their grounds. He 

 was killed by falling from his gig, within a mile of 

 his own house, in 1816. 



JOHN GILES, gardener, Lewisham, Kent, died in 

 1797, in his seventy-second year. He wrote several 

 books on Gardening, and is described by Loudon as 

 a clear, practical, and explicit writer. 



JOHN GIBSON, M.D., a native of Scotland, author of 

 several books on Horticulture and other subjects. 



JOHN DICKS, gardener to His Grace the Duke of 

 Kingston. He wrote a Dictionary on the Art of 

 Gardening, containing the most approved methods of 

 cultivating all kinds of trees, plants, and flowers. 



JOHN DUNCOMBE, author of some works on Anti- 

 quity ; but best known as the inventor of the Den- 

 drometer, 'A Treatise on the Dendrometer, a new 

 invented Instrument for the Measurement of standing 

 Trees/ &c. 



JOHN ELLIS, Esq., a native of Ireland, and distin- 

 guished naturalist, who died 1771. He wrote numer- 

 ous tracts and papers to the Transactions of the Eoyal 

 Society, including Directions to Voyagers for bringing 

 home Plants ; on the Methods of Preserving Seeds ; 

 Historical Account of the Coffee Plant, its Culture, &c. 



JOHN WINCH NATHANIEL, F.L.S., an able practical 



