312 CONCLUSION. 



botanist, and who wrote an essay on the ' Geographical 

 Distribution of Plants throughout the Counties of 

 Northumberland, Cumberland, and Durham/ New- 

 castle, 8vo. 



JOHN COWEL, gardener at Hoxton, writes an ac- 

 count of the Olive in blossom, Torch, Thistle, and 

 Glastonbury Thorn ; Newest Methods of improving 

 Land by Grain or Seed ; Description of the Great Aloe, 

 &c. 



JOHN LAWRENCE, M.A., an eminent naturalist, ad- 

 mitted of Clare Hall, Cambridge, B.A., 1688. He 

 was fond of gardening, and considered it a recreation. 

 He wrote ' The Clergyman's Eecreation/ showing it to 

 be pleasant and profitable. He died 1732. 



JOHN BONFEIL wrote several books on Vine-Dressing, 

 Drying Fruits, the Art of Making Silk, &c., London, 

 4to. 



JOHN SADLER, F.K.G.S., lecturer and assistant to the 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. 



JOHN ANDERSON, nurseryman, Perth, one of the ori- 

 ginators and founders of the Eoyal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society. 



