374 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
To the Pious Memory of 
Jacob Bobart, 
A native German, 
A man of Great Integrity, 
Chosen by the Founder to be keeper of the 
Physic Garden. 
Hie died Feb" the 4, 1679, in the 81% 
Year of his Age. 
As also of Mary his first wife, who died 
April the 14", 1655. And Anne his 
second wife, who died Novemb. 21, 1696. 
Together with four of their Children, 
Ann, Cordelia, Joseph, avd Margaret. 
And also Elizabeth, 
Daughter of their son 
Tilleman Bobart.: 
In Rees’ Cyclopedia the name of the elder Bobart is by error given as 
Robert. The son Tilleman was employed in the Gardens; he found the 
Mint on Shotover which is figured in Sole’s Menthe and alluded to in 
the Flora, p. 239. 
The Dr. Philip Stephens who assisted Bobart in drawing up the cata- 
logue was born at Devizes. He entered St. Alban’s Hall, was chosen 
fellow of New College, and eventually became Principal of Magdalen 
all. He died in London after the Restoration. 
Mr. Browne, joint author of the catalogue, was a native of Oxford, 
became B.D. and Senior Fellow of Magdalen College. He died in 1678 
and was buried in the outer chapel. He was the finder of the Colchicum 
recorded in Merrett; see p. 309 of the Flora. 
In 1650 the first attempt at an English Flora was made by William 
How, who published anonymously the Phytologia Britannica. This, in 
contradistinction to all previous works, dealt entirely with British plants. 
Verbaseum, probably Blattaria, a Serophularia, either lutea or » form of 
nodosa, a variety of Lychnis Flos cuculi, white-flowered Bartsia and 
Echium; Sium latifolium, Allium vineale, and a form of Crataegus were 
given as Oxford plants. 
The next writer to claim attention was a native of the county. William 
Cole or Coles, ‘ the most famous botanist of his time,’ was born at Adders 
bury in Oxfordshire in 1626 ; and, after the usual elementary learning, he 
went to Merton College, where he completed his education. He settled at 
Putney, and published a work entitled The Art of Simpling, or an intro- 
