146 BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF 



Ronalds, Hugh (1759-1833) : b. Brentford, 4 March, 1759 ; d. 

 Brentford, 18 Nov. 1833. Nurseryman and seedsman. ' Pyrus 

 Malus Brentfordiensis,' 1831, illustrated by his daughter 

 Elizabeth. Formed a herbarium of Kew plants. Pritz. 268; 

 Gent. Mag. 1834, i. 337 ; Loud. Gard. Mag. x. 96. 



Rooke, Hayman (fi. 1783-99). Major, E.A. Of Whitehaven, 

 Cumberland. Botanical Artist. ' Travels to Arabia Felix,' 

 1783. ' Oaks at Welbeck,' 1790. ' Sherwood Forest,' 1799. 

 Pritz. 268 ; Baker, Fl. Lake Distr. 14 ; AUibone. 



Rootsey, Samuel (1788-1855); b. Colchester, 12 Feb., 1788; 

 d. Bristol, 4 Sept., 1855. F.L.S., 1811. Druggist at Bristol, 

 1812. Lectured on Botany at Bristol and elsewhere. ' Sylla- 

 bus of Bot. Lectures,' 1818. ' On the Medical Plants of 

 Shakespeare,' Trans. Med.-bot. Soc, 1832. Had a her- 

 barium. Contributed to Swete's Fl. Bristoliensis, see pref. 

 vi. Jacks. 36 ; E. S. C. v. 271 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1866, xlv. 



Roscoe, Mrs. Edward (fl. 1829). ' Floral Illustr. of the Sea- 

 sons,' 1829. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 407. 



Roscoe, William (1753-1831) : b. Liverpool, 8 March, 1753 ; 

 d. Toxteth Park, Liverpool, 30 June, 1831. F.L.S., 1804. 

 Founded Liverpool Bot. Garden, 1802. M.P. for Liverpool, 

 1806. Correspondent of Smith. ' Scitamineae,' 1824-8. 

 Contrib. to Linn. Trans., 1806-14. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks, 599 ; 

 E. S. C. V. 274; 'Life,' by his son Henry, 1833; Smith. 

 Corresp. ii. 301; Gent. Mag. 1832, ii. 179; Allibone; Hoefer; 

 Michaud. Wedgwood medallion. Portr. at Kew, engrav. fr. 

 cast by J. Gibson. Boscoea Sm. 



Rose, Hugh (d. before 1795). Of Norwich. Apothecary. Cor- 

 respondent of Hudson. Taught J. E. Smith. Had a her- 

 barium. ' Elements of Bot.,' 1775. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks, 599 ; 

 Linn. Trans, vii. 297. 



Rosenberg, Miss M. E. (fl. 1839-45). Of Bath. ' Coronna 

 Amarylhdaeea,' 1839. ' Museum of Flowers,' 1845. Jacks. 

 41. 



Roupell, Mrs. A. E. (fl. 1849). Drew plates of ' Specimen of 

 Fl. of South Africa,' 1849. Pritz. 270; Jacks. 347; Bot. 

 Mag. 4466. Boupellia Hook. 



Rowden, Miss Frances Arabella (fl. 1801-10). Of Hans 

 Place, Chelsea. 'Poetical Introduction to Botany,' 1801. 

 Jacks. 212. 



Roxburgh, William (1759-1815) : b. Craigie, Ayrshire, 1759 ; 

 d. Edinburgh, May, 1815. M.D. ; F.L.S., 1799. H.E.I.C. 

 Medical Service. Superintendent, Calcutta Garden, 1793- 

 1814. At Cape and St. Helena on way home in 1814. 

 List of St. H. Plants in Beatson's ' Tracts relating to 

 St. Helena.' ' PI. of Coromandel Coast, 1795-8. ' Hortus 

 Bengalensis,' 1814. 'Flora Indica' (posthumous), 1820-32. 

 MS. Fl. Indica and drawings of Palms in Bot. Dept., Brit. 

 Mus. Other drawings at Kew and Calcutta Bot. Gard. 

 Plants at Brit. Mus. and Kew. Pritz. 271; Jacks. 600; 

 E. S. C. V. 314 ; Pref. to ' Flora Indica ' and ' Coromandel 

 PL' ; Cott. Gard. vi. 65 ; Allibone. Portr. at Kew, engr. by 



