NEHEMIAH GREW AND HIS ‘ANATOMY’ 199 
Anatomy of Plants, and there (p. 73) he quotes, as Sachs says, the 
words of the Anatome, but for the purpose of correcting and adding 
to Malpighi’s statement. 
The fact is that Grew and Malpighi were original investigators 
i 8 n this 
and Grew. The following letter, preserved among the manuscripts 
of the Royal Society, which has not been published, is an interesting 
confirmation of this, as well as a specimen of the quaint courtesy of 
these olden times :— 
“Most illustrious Sir, 
af 3 uh iven me manifold occasion for 
writing to you, and the illustrious Mr. Oldenburgh has shown me 
“T find that all your observations fully agree with mine: some 
however on the flower, the fruit, and the seed, it has pleased you to 
