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Before Johnson is difmiffed, it would 
be unjuft not to notice fome of thofe, to 
whom the author was efpecially indebted 
for affiftance, and for the communication 
of Enghfh plants. Among thefe, the firft 
place is due to Mr. Johfi Good ye r, of 
Maple Durham, in Hajjipfiire, whofe name 
occurs repeatedly in Gerard's *^ Herbal,'' 
and very frequently in Parkinson's, in 
which he is ftiled a great lover and 
curious fearcher of plants ; who, befides 
this" (fpeaking of the geranium faxa- 
tile ) " hath found in our country many 
other plants, not imagined to grow in 
our land/' He feems not only to have 
been what may be called a pra5iical Bota- 
nift, iTut learned, and critically verfed in 
the hiftory of the fcience. This may be 
fairly inferred from his curious communi- 
cation, relating to the manufcripts under 
the name of Apuleius Madaurenjisy and 
from his obfervations on the faxifrage of 
the ancients, inferted at p. 604. The great 
number of rare Englifli plants, which Mr. 
Good YE R firft brought to light, entitles 
K 4 him 
