burner. 7 1 
There are fome inftances of the wrong ap- 
plication of thefe figures ; an error thgt 
might readily happen, when the author was 
at fuch a diftance, and was common in al- 
moft all fimilar works of that time. There 
are alfo feveral figures to which no defcrlp* 
tion of the plants can be found ^ for in- 
ilance, the fix figures of the Geraniums from 
Fuch SI us occur, with a flight mention of 
only two fpecies in the text. 
Turner is the firft author who has 
given a figure of the Lucern ; which, I ap- 
prehend, he firft brought into England^ and 
named Hor?2ed Clover. He treats largely 
of its cultivation,, from Pliny, Palla- 
pius, and Columella; 
In the dedication to the firft edition of 
his " Herbal," in i55i> Dr. Turner 
fpeaks in very refpeftful terms of the bo- 
tanical knowledge of feveral of his con- 
temporaries ; and apologizes for his under- 
taking fo arduous a matter, while there were 
learned Englilhmen better qualified. He 
enumerates Dr. Clement, Dr. Merdy, 
Owen WpoTON, and Mafter Falconer. 
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