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" was addicted to the too frequent imbibition of 

 spirituous liquor," but never that he was drunk, 

 says that Garden was " particularly fond of re- 

 fined female society and to it devoted a con- 

 siderable portion of his time, but enough 'was 

 reserved for mental improvement ! '* 



He married Elizabeth Peronneau, and writes 

 to Ellis: " A love affair prevented me from at- 

 tending much to my studies or collections," and 

 " I hurry away to meet the parson and my dear 

 girl, so must bid you adieu." He had a son and 

 two daughters, but his family is now extinct. 



Eager to extend his knowledge, in 1755 he 

 accompanied James Glen, Governor of South 

 Carolina, when the latter penetrated the Indian 

 country and formed a treaty with the Cherokees. 



About 1772 Garden was made a fellow of the 

 Royal Society of London, and eventually its vice- 

 president. 



A somewhat pathetic interest is attached to a 

 little granddaughter, named " Gardenia." Her 

 father, Alexander, Garden's only son, joined 

 Lee's legion against the British and was never 

 forgiven ; nor was the little girl, his granddaugh- 

 ter with the flower name, ever received into the 

 house. This son he sent to England to be edu- 

 cated under Mr. William Rose, his own school- 

 master, and introduces him to Ellis: 8 



3 Correspondence of Linnaeus, vol. i, p. 603. 



