340 LIFE OF MILLER. 



ranged his plants according to the Linnaean system 

 It was highly extolled by the first characters, not 

 only in this country, but on the Continent. It was 

 translated into different languages, and obtained 

 the just approbation of the celebrated Linnaeus 

 himself, who, when he came to England for a short 

 time, in the year 1736, honoured Miller with several 

 visits. 



In 1755, Miller began to publish, in folio num- 

 bers, his " Figures of Plants," adapted to his 

 Dictionary, which extended to three hundred co- 

 loured plates, making, with descriptions and re- 

 marks, two folio volumes, which were completed in 

 1760. These plates contained more botanical dis- 

 sections than any other work that had appeared in 

 this country. 



Miller was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and 

 enriched its Transactions with several papers. The 

 most numerous of these were catalogues of the 

 annual collections of fifty plants, which were re- 

 quired to be sent to that learned body from Chelsea 

 garden, by the rules of its foundation. These col- 

 lections are preserved in the British Museum, and 

 are occasionally resorted to by critical inquirers in 

 botany. 



The eighth and last edition of Miller's Dictionary 

 is allowed by his friends, and even his enemies (for 

 he had many*), to be a work of extraordinary 



* Miller was looked upon with jealousy by many English 

 gardeners, on account of his father being a Scotchman ; and he is 

 supposed to be one of the Northern lads sarcastically mentioned 

 by Switzer (in his work entitled "The Gardener's Recreation'*) 

 as having invaded the Southern provinces. 



