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Dec, 1797 ; d. Sheffield, 24 Sept., 1872. " Simpler and field 

 botanist." ' Lichenes Britannici,' 1835-7. ' Flora of Eoche 

 Abbey' in Aveling's ' Eoche Abbey,' 1870. 'Flora of Sher- 

 wood Forest ' in White's 'Worksop,' 1875. Pritz. 32; Jacks. 

 243 ; Journ. Bot. 1872, 384 ; Naturalist, iv. 206 (1838-9) ; 

 Pharmaoeut. Journ. 3rd ser. iii. 394;';iEeliquary, xi. (1871) 

 212 ; Boase ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 304. Lecidea Bohleri. 



Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884) : b. London, 4 Jan., 1796 ; 

 d. Twickenham, 22 Aug., 1884. Bookseller and Publisher. 

 Edited Gordon's 'Pinetum,' 1880. Jacks. 524; Gard. 

 Chron. 1884, ii. 283 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 304. 



BoUar, or Bollard, Nicholas (fl; 1500?). Of Oxford. "A 

 Tretee of Nicholas Bollard departed in three parties : 1. Of 

 gendryng of Trees, 2 of graffynge, the third forsoth of 

 altracions." MSS. Cotton MS., Jul. D. viii. 11; Addit. 

 MS. 5467. Pult. i. 23-24 ; Haller i. 232 ; Tanner Bibl. Brit. 

 110 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 324. 



Bolton, James (fl. 1775-96). Of Halifax. ' Fihces Britannicae,' 

 1785-90. 'History of Funguses about HaUfax,' 1788-91. 

 Plants in Watson's History of Halifax, 1775. Drew plates 

 for Eelhan's ' Fl. Cantabrigiensis.' Pritz. 33 ; Jacks. 524 ; 

 Monthly Eeview, vols. Ixxvi., Ixxix. and 2nd ser. viii. ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. V. 327. 



Booth, Thomas J. (fl. 1853). Nephew of Nuttall. Collected 

 seeds of Ehododendrons in Assam and Bhotan. Journ. Bot. 

 1853, 353. Bot. Mag. 6, 7149. Bhododendron Boothii Nutt 



Booth, William Beattie (c. 1804-74) : b. Perthshire, c. 1804 ; 

 d. London (?), 18 June, 1874. A.L.S., 1825. At Chiswick, 

 1824-30. Assistant Secretary E. Hort. Soc. from 1858-74. 

 'Illustrations of Camelliese,' 1831. Contributed to 'Bot. 

 Eegister,' &c. Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 838 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1874-5, xxxvii. 



Boott, Francis (1792-1863) : b. Boston, Mass., 26 Sept., 1792 ; 

 d. London, 25 Dec, 1863. M.D. Edin., 1824; F.L.S., 1819. 

 Sec. L.S., 1832-39; Treas., 1856; V.P., 1861. Lecturer 

 on Bot., Webb St. School of Medicine, 1826. ' Illustrations 

 of the Genus Carex,' 1858-67. Massachusetts pi. in Hooke- 

 rian Herb., Kew. Pritz. 35; Jacks. 524; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1864, xxiii ; Gard. Chron. 1864, 51 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 393. 

 Oil copy of portr. by Gambardella and photo, at Linn. Soc. 

 Portr. at Kew. 



Borlase, Rev. William (1696-1772) : b. Pendeen, Cornwall, 2 

 Feb., 1696 ; d. Ludgvan, 31 Aug., 1772. M.A. Oxon., 1719. 

 Ordained, 1719. D.C.L. Oxon., 1766; F.E.S., 1751. 

 Eector of Ludgvan, 1722. ' Natural History of Cornwall,' 

 1758. Pult. i. 355-6 ; Nich. Anecd. iii. 78, 689 ; v. 291-3 ; 

 Nich. Illustr. iv. 227, 445, 460, 468 ; Gent. Mag. Ixxiii., pt. ii., 

 1114-7 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 398. 



Borrer, William (1781-1862) : b. Henfield, Sussex, 13 June, 

 1781; d. Henfield, 10 Jan., 1862. F.L.S., 1806; F.E.S., 

 1836. Had a salicetum. Contrib. largely to E. Bot. 

 ' EngHsh Botany Supplement.' ' Lichenographia Brit.' (w. 



