BOTANY IN ENGLAND A CENTURY AGO 823 
seeks to acquire so perfect a knowledge of it. Still there are 
botanists among them who do not confine themselves entirely to 
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to those who have become known through their writings; the 
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ecenas of botany as well as of all natural history is Sir 
Joseph Banks. His collection of plants and his library are at the 
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greatly increases its usefulness to the botanist, The specimens are 
gummed on to half sheets of foolscap, their names written below 
them in pencil, and the habitat of the plant on the back. Each 
genus forms a separate file, and the whole collection is ee i 
collection of the genus Stapelia especially pleased me. There are 
appear in a couple of months’ time and so be completed up to date. 
Among the manuscripts too there are many descriptions of plants 
sketched by Solander, containing excellent observations. The 
manuscripts left by Kénig consist of many volumes and are full of 
important information, botanical and otherwise, for instance his 
travels in the East Indies, Ceylon, &c.; it is to be wished Mr. 
Dryander could find time to make much of it public. There is also 
d illustrations of the p ants 
fine, but they pale before Bauer’s drawings. All these collections 
ve been kept in order by Mr. Dr ander, who deserves the highest 
respect both for his botanical knowledge and for his distinction of 
acter. Dr. Schulzen, an agreeable and accomplished young 
man, is his assistant. 
: ave been twice to Kew, where the crowd of hothouse plants 
13 too extraordinary and the garden too well known for any 
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