Hortus Oxomenjls^ 165 
the kind, before noticed, in Italy and elfe-^ 
where. Several univerfities in the more 
portbern and weftern parts of Europe had 
procured theeftablifliment of gardens : Pa- 
ris, in 1 570 ; Ley den, in 1 577 ; I^eipfic, ivi 
1580 ; Montpelier, in 1598 j Jena^ in 1628 
and Oxford, in the year 1632. This laft was 
owing to the munificence of Henry Earl 
of Danhy, who gave for this purpofe five 
acres of ground, built green-houfes and 
floves, and an houfe for the accommodatioriL 
of the gardener; endowed the eftab]ifl:iment, 
and placed in it, as the fupervifor, "f acob 
Bob ART, a German from Briinfwicky who 
lived, as Wood tells us, in the garden- 
houfe, and died there on February 4, 1679. 
A lift of the plants was publiflied, under 
the title of Catalogus Plantarum 
Jlorti medici Oxoniensis Latino- angUcus et 
AnglicO'latimis : alphabetico or dine,'' Oxon. 
164^. i2% pp. 54 and 51. DiLLENius 
informs us, that Bob art drew up this 
catalogue. In the preface we are told the 
garden contained 1600 fpecies, by which 
muft be underftood both exotic and indi- 
genous, including varieties of each. The 
M 3 plant^ 
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