Page 17, 
17, 
Corrections and Additions. 
line 19, for Macnab read M¢Nab, 
xy 20, 5, Macnab ,, M°Nab. 
»» 18, ,, Macnab ,, Mé&Nab. 
iv oy es acnab= 55. -McNab, 
9: 25;> 5. Macnab, McNab. 
19. The Testament Dative and Inventory of the goods and gear of John 
to 
° 
Williamson in the Commissariot Record of Edinburgh of 28th 
February, 1781, states that he left one thovsand pounds Scots 
(£83 6s. 8d. sterling) in Stock of the Bank of Scotland, his widow, 
Margaret Ridley, being sole executor. * 
. From Kerr’s Life of Wm. Smellie, Printer @ vols., 8vo., Edin., 1811), 
volume, the Downy 
page 243 of the second 
Tne ensuing Proposals for publishing a. ensis by MALCOLM 
cCoic, Gardener to the Royal ie ‘Carden of Edinburgh, was 
written by Mr. SMELLIE, at the desire of the author; who, though 
an ee gardener, and intimately versant in all the plants of the 
n he had charge of, and a good memorial botanist, had not the 
cicadas of a liberal education. 
Proposals for publishing | FLORA EDINBURGENSIS | OR | A Systematic 
and Description of all the Plants, those of the Cryptogamia 
Class excepted, which grow wild within fourteen miles round Edin- 
burgh! . Zo which will be added, | Complete Catalogues of the Plants 
which are found on each of the islands in the Firth of Forth. | 
By Matcotm McColc, | Gardener to the Royal Botanic | Garden, 
Edinburgh. 
Pian of the Work | At the beginning of every class, the several Orders 
sees pe 
which distinguish one genus from another, after the manner 
Linnzus. | Under each Genus, the several species, with their trivial 
names and specific differences, will be comprehended. References will 
likewise be made to those authors who have given figures of the different 
species. To every species, the English name, its duration, time o 
flowering, its native soil, the particular places in which it is found, and 
2 short English description will be subjoined 
Conditions | The Work will be contained in one volume, 8vo., price Five 
Shillings in boards, to be paid on delivery of the Book. 
2. It will be put to press as soon as a competent number of subscriptions 
are received.” 
Tam indebted to Mr. A. P. Stevenson of Dundee, who kindly directed my 
attention to this prospectus. The book was not published. The 
author, as we have seen, died after a short term of office. 5 
* I am indebted to the Rev, Henry Paton, M.A., for searching the records and giving me 
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