64^ CHAPTER 5« 
Dr. TtJRNEii died July 7, 1568, a fevi^ 
months after the publication of the laft part 
of his Herbal." He left feveral children: 
his fon Peter was educated t6 phyfic, tra* 
telled> and took degrees abroad; was incor- 
porated doftor at Cambridge^ and at Oxford ^ 
and died aged 72, in 1614 ; but I do not 
find that he inherited his father's turn to 
Botany* 
Turner's firft work on the fubjed: of 
plants^ if BuMALDUs is not miftaken, was 
printed at Cologn^ under the title oi^^HiJloria 
deNaturisHerbarumSchokis etNotis vallataJ* 
Colon, apud Gymnicum 1 544. S"". Bumaldus 
is the only writer, in whom I find any 
mention of this book; and I fufpeft, it 
was not republifhed in 'England. It was 
followed by a fmall volume under the title 
of Names of Herbes, in Greek, Latin, 
Englifh, Dutch, and French/' Lond, 12% 
1548. This nomenclator is, I believe, be- 
come very fcarce ; fince it has not yet found 
its way into the copious and magnificent 
coUedlion of Sir Jofeph Banks. 
Dr. Turner's knowledge in natural hif- 
tory was not confined to Botany ; his earlieft 
publication 
