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Sutton, George (1774-1859) : b. England, 1774 ; d. Bathurst 

 N. S. .Wales, May, 1859. Sent by Banks to N. S. Wales 

 1798 ; returned to England, 1842, and shortly again to N. S. 

 Wales. F.L.S., 1843. ' Culture of Grape-vine and Orange 

 in Australia,' 1843. ' Forest-trees of Australia.' E. S. C. v. 

 890 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 177 ; 1859-60, xxxiii. 



Swainson, Isaac (d. 1806). Had a private bot. garden at 

 Twickenham, circ. 1789, and owned some vegetable medi- 

 cines. Loudon, ' Arboretum,' 75, 2533. Swainsona Salisb. 



Swainson, William (1789-1855) : b. Liverpool, 8 Oct., 1789; 

 d. Fern Grove, New Zealand, 7 Dec, 1865. Zoologist. 

 F.L.S., 1816; F.E.S., 1820. 'Instructions for Collecting,' 

 1808. 'NaturaUst's Guide, 1822. Studied Iris, Sweet, 

 Flower Garden, 2nd series, iii. 264. ' Botanical Eeport on 

 Victoria,' 1853. Greek plants in Herb. Liverpool Bot. Gard. 

 Pritz. 309 ; Jacks. 218 ; E. S. C. viii. 893 ; 'Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1856-6, xlix. ; Naturalist, iv. 397 (1839). Water-colour 

 portr., by Harrison, at Kew. 



Swayne, Rev. George (1746 ?-1827) : b. Evilton, Somerset, 

 1746?; d. Dyrham, Gloucester?, 24 Oct., 1827. B.A. Oxon, 

 1766; M.A., 1771. Vicar of Pucklechurch, Gloucestersh., 

 1772. Eector of Dyrham, 1806. ' Gramina pascua,' 1790 

 (with dried specimens). Jacks. 239; E. S. C. v. 897. 



Sweet, Robert (1783-1835) : b. Cockington, S. Devon, 1788 ; d. 

 Chelsea, 20 Jan., 1835. • Nurseryman. F.L.S., 1812. Had 

 a nursery at Stockwell, 1810, and afterwards at Parson's 

 Green. 'Geraniaceae,' 1820-30. ' Cistineae,' 1825-30. 'Hortus 

 Britannicus,' 1826. 'Flora Australasica,' 1827. 'British 

 Flower-Garden,' 1822-81. ' Botany of Great Britain,' 1881. 

 Contrib. to Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. & iii. Pritz. 310 ; Jacks. 610 ; 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. 410 ; Gard. Mag. xi. 159, w. bibliography. 

 Sweetia DC. 



Swete, Edward Horace (fl. 1854). Surgeon. Of Clifton, 

 Bristol. Lect. Bot., Bristol Med. School. ' Flora Bristoli- 

 ensis,' 1864. Pritz. 310 ; Jacks. 249. 



Swinhoe, Robert (1886 ?-77): b. 1836?; d. London, 28 Oct., 

 1877. Consul at Formosa and Ning-po : at Amoy, 1861. 

 F.E.S. Ornithologist, &c. ' List of Plants from Formosa,' 

 1863. Chinese plants at Kew. E. S. C. v. 898 ; viii. 1048 ; 

 Journ. Bot. 1878, 96. Bubus Swinhoei Hance. 



Switzer, Stephen (1665 or 1682-1745) : b. Hyde, near Win- 

 chester, circ. 1665, or East Stretton, Mitcheldever, Feb., 

 1682 ; d. 1745. Gardener under London and Wise at Blen- 

 heim, 1706 ; with Lord Orrery, 1724-31. Had gardens on 

 Millbank and near Vauxhall, and a shop in Westminster 

 Hall. Visited France. ' Ichnographia,' 1718. ' Cythisus of 

 the Ancients,' 1731. Pritz. 310 ; Cott. Gard. vi. 93 ; xiii. 

 53 ; Felton, 45 ; Donaldson, Agric. Biog. 44. 



Sykes, William Henry (1790-1872): b. 25 Jan., 1790; d, 

 London, 16 June, 1872. Lieut. -Col. Bombay Nat. Infantry. 

 Zoologist, &c. F.E.S. , 1884. In India from youth until 

 1831. M.P., Aberdeen, 1857. Lord Eector, Aberdeen, 1864-5. 



