Parkinfon, 153 
learning and knowledge, he had fpared 
much of his acrimony againft thefe induf- 
trious writers, w^hofe laudable endeavours 
rather merited his applaufe. 
Among thofe contemporaries, whofe col- 
lateral affiftance is acknowledged by Par- 
kinson, Mr. (or, as he is ftiled in fome 
parts of the v/ork. Dr. J WiUlam Boel 
claims particular notice. He was a native of 
the Low Countries, and had travelled into 
various parts of Germany and Spain ; had 
been in Barbary^ reiided at Ttmis, and, at 
the publication of the Herbal,'' lived at 
Li/bo?2, From all thefe countries he fent 
feeds of many plants before unknown in 
England, He was the ccrrefpondent of 
Clusius, and feems to have been veiv 
zealous for the improvement of natural 
knowledge. 
Mr. John Gordier, a great lover 
and curious fearcher of plants, who, be- 
*^ fides this," (fpeaking of the Geranium 
lucidum) hath found in our country other 
plants, not imagined to grow in our 
land.. 
In Parkinson's works v/e alfo find the 
name 
