WILLUGHBY. 



RAY AND WILLUGHBY 



(CONTINUED). 



IN estimating Ray's intellectual achievements, and 

 the value of his scientific labours, his published works 

 may be divided into three groups. The first and most 

 considerable of these embraces his botanical treatises. 

 These we must wholly pass over here, though it is upon 

 them that Ray's scientific reputation most largely rests. 

 It is enough to quote in this respect the verdict of 

 Sir James E. Smith ('Rees's Cyclopaedia'), that Ray was 

 ' the most accurate in observation the most philosophical 

 in contemplation and the most faithful in description, 



