MEMOIRS OF THE 



the globe, and sent him its produce to arrange. 

 When he died, in the year 1778, the King of Swe- 

 den, in his annual address, mentioned him as a pub- 

 lic loss, and the whole university attended his fune- 

 ral ; and there was also, on this occasion, a general 

 mourning. 



Lee, who was passionately fond of Botany, in all 

 probability saw Linnaeus when he visited this 

 country; and it is well known, that he after- 

 wards corresponded with that naturalist, and sent 

 him specimens of such rare plants as were in his 

 possession. 



The Earl of Ila, observing the bent of the mind 

 of Lee, promoted his entering into partnership with 

 Mr. Kennedy, who was a nurseryman and florist of 

 some eminence at that period, at Hammersmith. 



It was there he conceived and executed the plan 

 of transfusing into our language, the learned im- 

 provements of the great Linnaeus, and his System ; 

 and he preferred the form, he then gave it, to a lite- 

 ral translation of the " Philosophia Botanica" of that 

 great genius. It commences with the flower, as 

 being the part most attractive and interesting to the 

 young botanist ; and the first ten chapters give a clear 

 exposition of the seven component parts of fructifica- 

 tion : in the next ten chapters the reader is advanced 



