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Uxbridge in 1788. His very excellent Herbarium was purchased by 
George the Third for 100 guineas, and given by the King to Queen 
Charlotte. It was kept at Frogmore, where Sir James Smith had the 
privilege of consulting it in the preparation of his Flora Britannica, as 
also had Dr. Goodenough for his monograph on the Carices. 
When Dr. Lightfoot was working at Oxford, he made several excursions 
into the neighbourhood, and on some of these he was accompanied by Mr. 
Yalden. Some of the rare or interesting plants noticed he recorded in a 
copy of the Dillenian Ray, and in a copy of the Flora Anglica in the 
Botanic Library. 
The plants not previously recorded for the county included—Sisym- 
brium Irio, Astragalus danicus, Teucrium Chamaedrys, this being pro- 
bably the first British record, Gagea lutea, Schoenus nigricans, Fritillaria 
Meleagris, Epilobiwm angustifolium, Asperula eynanchica, Calamagrostis 
Epigeios, Thesium linophyllum, Crepis fatida, and Lathrea. 
It is not a little singular that the Fritillary, so conspicuous a plant of 
the Oxford meadows, should have so long remained unnoticed by the 
various botanists who had resided in or visited Oxfordshire. 
Up to this time about 230 species had been recorded as Oxfordshire 
plants. We now enter upon a new era. Linneus, whose visit to Oxford 
has been already noticed, published in 1735 the Systema Nature, in 1737 
his Genera Plantarum, and in 1753 the Species Plantarum. These works 
soon caused the views of Linneus to make way in England, and in 1762 
Hudson published the Flora Anglica based on the Linnean system. 
Hudson’s book quickly superseded the work of Ray, and, as Sir James 
Smith says, ‘marks the establishment of the Linnean principles of Botany 
in England.’ It added nothing to our county. 
Sir Joseph Banks was born on the 13th Feb., 1743, at Argyle Street, 
London, and was educated at Harrow and Eton. At Eton he acquired a 
taste for Natural History, all his spare time being spent in the woods 
and fields round the school. He entered Christ Church, as a gentleman 
commoner, and continued collecting specimens of the plants round the 
city. He is said to have been the first to notice Senecio squalidus on the 
walls of Oxford, and in his Herbarium at the British Museum many 
Oxfordshire plants are still preserved. His additions to the Oxford Flora 
include Raphanistrum innocuum, Ranunculus peltatus, Oxalis Acetosella, 
Callitriche autumnalis (?) [hamulata], Glyceria fluitans, Reseda lutea, 
Lathyrus sylvestris, Trifolium filiforme, Hippuris, Helosciadium inunda- 
tum, Phleum pratense, Scirpus lacustris, Juncus supinus, J. squarrosus, 
Daphne Laureola, Lactuca virosa, Limosella, Solidago Virgo Aurea, etc. 
It was owing to Sir Joseph Banks’ exertion that the first Natural Science 
Lectureship at Oxford was instituted. There are several prints of him in 
the Hope Collection. 
John Sibthorp, the youngest son of Dr. Humphrey Sibthorp, already 
spoken of, was born at Oxford in 1758, and educated at Magdalen School 
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