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Sir Joseph Banks the appointment of gardener to the 

 King of Naples at Caserta. He was employed by- 

 Admiral Nelson to look after his estate at Bronte, and 

 by various noblemen to lay out their grounds. He 

 was killed by falling from his gig, within a mile of 

 his own house, in 1816. 



John Giles, gardener, Lewisham, Kent, died in 

 1797, in his seventy-second year. He wrote several 

 books on Gardening, and is described by Loudon as 

 a clear, practical, and explicit writer. 



John Gibson, M.D., a native of Scotland, author of 

 several books on Horticulture and other subjects. 



John Dicks, gardener to His Grace the Duke of 

 Kingston. He wrote a Dictionary on the Art of 

 Gardening, containing the most approved methods of 

 cultivating all kinds of trees, plants, and flowers. 



John Duncombe, author of some works on Anti- 

 quity ; but best known as the inventor of the Den- 

 drometer,— 'A Treatise on the Dendrometer, a new 

 invented Instrument for the Measurement of standing 

 Trees,' &c. 



John Ellis, Esq., a native of Ireland, and distin- 

 guished naturalist, who died 1771. He wrote numer- 

 ous tracts and papers to the Transactions of the Eoyal 

 Society, including Directions to Voyagers for bringing 

 home Plants ; on the Methods of Preserving Seeds ; 

 Historical Account of the Coffee Plant, its Culture, &c. 



John Winch Nathaniel, r.L.S., an able practical 



