lc6 CHAPTER 8. 
written in a ftile very reprelienfible in a 
man of letters. He may be juftly accufed 
of uncandid and difino:enuous condudt to- 
wards Gerard, whom, while hving, he 
had treated with the appearance of friend- 
ihip and efteem, and of whofe abilities, and 
^zeal, he had fpoken in the higheft terms ^ 
as is manifefl: in various parts of the Ad- 
verfaria^ in the atteftation to the catalogue 
of Gerard's. Garden, and by the recom- 
mendatory letter prefixed to his Herbal. 
I re2:ret that I am not able to do more 
than barely enumerate the following per- 
jfons, who were zealous promoters of gar- 
dening, and botanical knowledge, in the tim^e 
of Lob EL, and liberal in their communi- 
cations to him, 
, Dr. "James C a r g i l. of Aberdeen ; of 
whom, however, feme brief mention will be 
made hereafter. 
Edward Sain t l o o, Efq; of Somerfet- 
Onre^ whom he fpeaks of as much attach^ 
to fludics of this kind. - 
^ames Cor. l, of Hioh^ate, fon-in-lav/ to 
LOBFL. 
J. Nas- 
