BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 17 



Bishop, David (1788-1849): b. Scone, Perth? c. 1788; d. 

 Malone, Belfast, 4 Aug., 1849. Curator, Belfast Bot. Gard., 

 1830. ' Causal Botany," 1829. Pritz. 28; Jacks. 68; Cott. 

 Gard. ii. 306. 

 Black, Allan A. (1832-65) : b. Forres, Morayshire', 1832 ; d. in 

 Bay of Bengal, 4 Dec, 1865; bur. Table Island, in Cocos 

 group. A.L.S., 1858. Apprenticed at Dunkeld. Kew 

 gardener. Curator of Kew Herbaria. Supt. Bot. Gard., 

 Bangalore. List of Japan plants in ' Bonplandia,' and 

 contrib. to Hodgson's ' Japan ' and ' Treasury of Botany.' 

 Pritz. 28; Gard. Chron. 1866, 102; Journ. Bot. 1866, 64. 

 Proc. L. Soc. 1865-6, Ivi. Allanhlackia, Oliver. 



Blackburne, Anne (1740-93) : b. Orford Hall, Warrington, 

 1740 ; d. Fairfield, Warrington, 30 Dec, 1793. Daughter of 

 following. Correspondent of Linnseus. Silhouette and 

 notice in Kendrick's ' Profiles of Warrington Worthies.' 

 Gent. Mag. Ixiv. 180 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 121. Blackburnia 

 For St. 



Blackburn, or Blackburne, John (1690-1786) : b. 1690 ; d. 20 

 Dec, 1786. Of Orford, Lancashire. Built first hot-house in 

 north of Bnglandandfirstripenedpine-apples. Catalogueof his 

 garden by Adam Neal, published 1779. Loudon ' Arboretum,' 

 56 ; Eich. Corr. xxx. 324 ; Gent. Mag. Ivii. 204 ; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. V. 123. Blackhurnia Forst. 



Blackstone, John (d. 1753) : Apothecary. Of Fleet Street, 

 London. ' Fasciculus pi. circa Harefield . . . ,' 1737. 

 ' Specimen Botanicum/ 1746. MS. in Herb. Sloane, 317. 

 Pritz. 28 ; Jacks. 523 ; Fl. Midd. 389-91 ; Eich. Corr. 351-5 ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 132. Print in Hope Collection. Blach- 

 stonia Hudson = Chlora L. 



Blackwell, Alexander (c. 1709-47) : b. Aberdeen ?, circ. 1709 ; 

 beheaded, Stockholm, 9 Aug., 1747. Printer. Of Chelsea. 

 Husband of following : abridged Miller's ' Botanicum 

 Officinale ' for her ' Herbal.' Gent. Mag. 1747, 424-6 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. V. 142. 



Blackwell, Elizabeth (c 1700-47) : b. Aberdeen, e. 1700 ; d. 

 London (?) after 1747. ' A Curious Herbal,' cuts drawn, 

 engr. and col. by herself, 1737-9. Pult. ii. 251 ; Pritz. 28 ; 

 Jacks. 31 ; Gent. Mag. xvii. ; Bruce's ' Eminent Men of 

 Aberdeen,' 307 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 144. Blackwellia 

 Comm. 



Blair, Patrick (d. 1728) : b. Dundee, Scotland ; d. Boston, 

 Lincolnsh. ?, 1728. M.D. F.E.S. Practised at Dundee, 

 London, and (fr. 1720) Boston. Out in the '15 ; but par- 

 doned through Sloane. 'Botanick Essays,' 1720. 'Phar- 

 maco-botanologia,' 1723-8. Pult. ii. 134-140 ; Eees ; Pritz. 

 28 ; Jacks. 523 ; Sloane MSS. 4038 ; Biog. Univ. ; Chalmers ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 163. Blmria L. 



Blake, John Bradby (1745-73) : b. London, 4 Nov., 1745 ; d. 

 Canton, 16 Nov., 1773. Supercargo to H.E.I.C. Sent many 

 plants and seeds to Europe. Vol. of drawings in Bot. Dept. 

 Brit. Mus. made by a Chinese instructed by him. Trans. 



3 



