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of ' A Gruide to the Orchard and Kitchen G-arden.' He was edu- 

 cated at the G-rammar School of Norwich, under the head-master- 

 ship of the well-known scholar and schoolmaster Dr. Valpy. At 

 this early period of his life Dr. Lindley's pursuits and tastes, as 

 well as his habits of assiduity and perseverance, may be taken as 

 a good illustration of the saying that the " child is the father of 

 the man." He was greatly devoted as a school-boy to the study 

 of plants and of antiquities. At the age of sixteen he quitted 

 school, and was shortly afterwards sent on business to Belgium, 

 in the service of Mr. Wrench, a seed-merchant at Camberwell. 

 On his return from this mission he remained at home with his 

 father, devoting his s]3are time indefatigably to botany, horticul- 

 ture, and entomology. The late Sir W. J. Hooker, who was four- 

 teen years his senior, and had also been educated at Dr. Valpy's 

 school, at that time resided in Norwich, and was in the habit of 

 visiting Mr. Lindley at Catton to procure plants and insects. 

 Thus commenced an acquaintance, which was continued after Mr. 

 Hooker's removal to Halesworth, and gradually ripened into a 

 life-long friendship. At Halesworth Lindley may be said to have 

 commenced his laborious literary and scientific labours, with a 

 translation of Richard's ' Analyse du Fruit,' which he finished at 

 a single sitting, which lasted, however, three days and two nights 

 without intermission. This was published in 1819. About this 

 time, his father having met with reverses in business, Lindley 

 proceeded to London, and found employment as Assistant-Li- 

 brarian to Sir Joseph Banks, to whom he had been already intro- 

 duced by his friend Mr. Hooker, and of whose liberality and kind- 

 ness Dr. Lindley always spoke in the warmest terms, and whose 

 assistance at this juncture was the more valuable as Lindley had 

 made himself responsible for his father's debts. Sir Joseph also 

 recommended him to Mr. Cattley to edit the ' Collectanea Bo- 

 tanica.' This work, which is remarkable for the beauty and truth 

 of its illustrations, was published in 1821, and its editor, even 

 at that early period of his career, was able to sign himself a 

 Member of the Imperial Academy of Naturalists of Bonn. But 

 in the previous year Lindley had published his ' Eosarum Mono- 

 graphia,' which was dedicated to Mr. Charles Lyell of Kinorley, 

 the father of the present celebrated geologist, who was so much 

 pleased with the work that he sent the author a cheque for £100. 

 With this money Lindley purchased a microscope and a small 

 herbarium, which formed an important addition to his own col- 

 lection. 



