9 , CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" In this year " (Campion addit. Stan-Jul. industr. chin. 109), Siu-kouang-ki writing. 



"161 1, March 28th" (Major edit. Strach. p. xv), Lord de Lawarre, seriously ill, sailing for 

 home, leaving Sir George Percy in command of the Virginia colony. Sir Thomas Gates, arriving 'in 

 August," assumed the post of governor, — which he held "till 1614." 



"In the early spring" (Wilmere edit. Champl. p. x.xviii), Champlain, having returned from 

 France, proceeding from Quebec up the river. At Mont Royal (Montreal), he met the Algonquins, 

 and after exchanging presents, entrusted another lad to their care ; returned to Quebec " in June," 

 and sailed for France. 



"June 1 2th" (relat. Jes. i. praef.), arrival at Port Royal in Acadia of Pierre Biard and Enmond 

 Masse 1 , the first Jesuit missionaries in North America. 



" In this year" (append. Sibth., Spreng., and Winckler), Paul Renealmus publishing his Specim. 

 hist, plant, enumerating Dianthus atrorubens. 



"The same year" (art de verif.), by the regent Ijesaz, leave granted to the Dutch to trade with 

 and throughout Japan. 



" 1612 A. O." (Churchill coll., Anders, ii. 274, and Asher edit. Huds. 194), Thomas Button sent 

 in search of Hudson. From the Strait sailing on the inland sea "above two hundred leagues to the 

 southwestward," he reached the main land opposite at the mouth of a river called by him Nelson's ; 

 and after wintering, — returned in the following " autumn." 



"June " (Purchas, and Churchill coll.). by Richard More, a permanent settlement established on 

 Bermuda. 



" In this year (= 2272 d. of Synmu," art de verif.), Go Josei or Josei II. succeeded by his son 

 Dai-sco-kouotei, now dairo of Japan. 



"The same year" (Alst., and Nicol.), Rodolph II. succeeded by the king of Hungary Matthias; 

 now thirty-third emperor of Germany and Italy. 



" The same year " (Alst.), end of the chronicle of Robertus Bellarminus. 



" In this year " (Spreng., and Winckl.), Alpinus publishing his Rhapont. disput., and writing his 

 Exot., enumerating Scabiosa limonifolia 34, Campanula Alpini 340, Scrophnlaria sambucifolia 202, 

 Trifolium clvpeatiim 306, Chrysanthemum Irifurcaluin 320, Centaurea Babylonica 281, and C. eryn- 

 goides 158.* — He died " in 1617," and his Exot. was published " in 1627." 



Cardamine impatiens of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed " sium impatiens " 

 by Alpinus exot. 331, — " c. annua exiguo flore " by Tournefort inst. 214, and known to grow in 

 woods from 6o° in Sweden throughout middle Europe (Barrel, pi. 155, Engl. bot. pi. 80, and Pers.) : 

 observed by Linnaeus in Sweden ; by Sibthorp, in shaded situations on mount Haemus. 



Svrinjn Persica of Central Asia. The Persian lilac or " agem lilag Persarum " brought " from 

 Persia " (Miller diet. pi. 164) is termed " ligustrum nigrum " by Alpinus exot. 178, — " ligustrum " by 

 J. Bauhin prodr. 158 (Spreng.); escaping from cultivation has in some localities been found seem- 

 ingly wild (A. Dec ). By European colonists, was carried to Northeast America, where it continues 

 in gardens ;. and recently by Nimmo to Hindustan (Graham). 



" In this year " (Spreng.), Emanuel Sweert publishing his Florilegium, enumerating Iris Swertii 

 41, Gladiolus iridifolius 66, A'arcissns radians 2t. f. 8, and Amaryllis Oricntalis. 



In this year (see Spreng.), J. Bauhin continuing his botanical writings, enumerating Saxifraga 

 aspera 3. 695, Galium uliginosum, " hyssopifolia minor" Lythntm thymifolia 3. 792, Ajuga Gene- 

 vensis, A. alpina, Plantago serpentina, Andromeda polifolia i. 527, Gnaphalium rectum iii. 160, Listera 

 cor data in- 534, Scirpus sylvaticus 2. 501, Veronica Anstriaca 3. 287, " gramen minimum Cherleri " 

 2. 465, Triticum loliaceum, Galium rotundifolium 3. 718, Campanula spicata 2. 801, C. lint : folia 2. 797, 

 C. rhomboidea 2. 806, C. Bononiensis 2. 804, C. hederacea 2. 797, Phyteuma paueiflora 2. Sn, Hernia- 

 ria hirsuta 3. 379, Myrrhis bulbosa 3. 183, Bupleurum Pyrenaicum 3. 199, Cniduan A/saticum 3. 106, 

 Laserpitium angustissimum 3. 137, L. aiirciiin 3. 57, Scilla nnifolia 2. 622, Rumex hniaria 994, Sax- 



* Oenothera biennis of North America. Seeds sent from England in this year by John More to 

 Alpinus, — by whom the plant was termed "hyosciamus virginianus" (exot. pi. 325, Linn., and Pers): 

 Oe. biennis is described also by C. Bauhin pin. 245 : and before 1640 had become naturalized in Brit- 

 ain (Park., Morison, and Ray), spreading thence to Denmark and throughout middle Europe (Miller, 

 and A. Dec ). Is known to grow wild in North America, from Lat. 56° throughout Canada and along 

 the Atlantic to 30° in Florida, and Westward to the Rocky mountains and Nutka Sound (Baldw., E. 

 James, and Hook.). The name evening-primrose, given by colonists remembering the pale yellow 

 flowers of the true primrose, has been adopted in the mother-countrv (as appears from Prior). By 

 European colonists also, Oe. biennis was carried to Hindustan, observed by Law "in gardens Bel- 

 gaum" (Graham); and to Japan, var. "parviflora" having no native name observed by Thunberg 

 around Nagasaki and in gardens. 



