Gerard. 119 
and thirty-three fpecie^ in this Catalogue, 
and the following atteftation, written by 
LoBEL, is annexed. 
Herbas^JiirpeSyfruticeSyfuffrutlceSy et ar-^ 
h life u las hoc catalogo recenjitasy quamplurimas 
ac fere omnes me vidijfe Londini in horto fo^ 
hanni Gerardi, chirurgi et botanici per- 
optimi ( non enim omnes eodem fed vaj^iis tern- 
poribiis anni pullulafcunty enafcuntiir et fo- 
rent). Attejior Matthias D^- Lob ell, ipfs 
^alendis Junii 1596.'* 
In i597> came out his Herbal, or 
*^ General Hjstory of Plants;" 
printed by John Norton, in folio ; and 
fome authors mention another irtipreffion 
in 1599. 
That the foundation of this work was a 
tranflation of Dodoens's Herbal, a compa- 
rifon of the two afcertains beyond a doubt. 
JLoBEL, both in his animadverfipns on Ron- 
PELETius, and in his Stirpium Illujlratio- 
neSy informs us, that Dr. Priest, at the 
expence of Mr, Norton^ had been engaged to 
make a tranflation of Dodon^us's Pemp- 
fades ; and, dying foon after he had finifhed 
the manufcript came into Gerard'^ 
I ^ hands | 
