226 CHAPTER l8, 
and particularly of Mr. Hot ton, to whom 
it was dedicated, he refumed his defign, and 
profecuted the work with vigour. We can- 
not fufficiently admire the wonderful affi- 
duity and addrefs of this great man, which 
enabled him, in four years, to colled: fuch 
a ftock of matter, as to farniih two folio 
volumes, of near one thoufand pages each, 
it even does not appear that he had the 
affiflance of an amanuenfis in this labour; 
which he effefted, however, with a fkill 
and judgment that gained him the applaufe 
of all fucceedin^ mailers in the fcience. 
This important undertaking was intended 
by the author to comprehend the whole 
botany of the age, by defcribing feparately, 
and reducing to his own iyftem, all the 
plants of the Bauhines, and of thofe who 
had enlarged the ftock by fubfequent dif- 
coveries. Thefe, at the publication of Ray's 
fiffi: volume, were, the plants of MexicOy 
from Hernandez 5 thofe of Bf^ajtl, from 
Piso and Marcgraave ; and of the Eajl 
Indies, from Bontius. The rare plants of 
Italy f from Zanoni j the new plants of 
MoRisoN;, Breynius^ and Mentzel. 
The 
