234 CHAPTER l8. 
In the preface, Mr. Ray acknowledges 
the affiftance he received from Mr* Bo- 
bar t, fuperintendant of the garden at Ox- 
ford ; Mr. Dale, his neighbour, a learned 
and ingenious apothecary at Braintree; Mr. 
Matthew Dodsworth Mr. Samuel Doo- 
DY, an apothecary in London , memorable 
for having been the firft who extended the 
Cryptogamons clafs , Mr. "Thomas Lav/son, 
of Strickland i in Wejlmorland ; Mr. James 
Newton, a diligent and Ikilful botanift ; 
Dr. Edward Lloyd, of Oxford; Mr. James 
Petiver; Dr.RoiertFhOTT; Dr.PLUKE^ 
NET ; Dr. Hans Sloane ; Mr. Williani 
Siierard, at that time fellow of St. Johns 
College, Oxford ; and Dr. Ta7icred Robin- 
son, to whom Mr. Ray communicated 
his manufcript of this work, and for whofe 
corredions and additions, he held himfelf 
eminently obliged. 
The Appendix contains a lift of fcarce 
plants, communicated by Mr. Bobart ; 
fome new plants byMr. Sherard; a lift 
of thofe of Jerfey, by the fame ; new and rare 
fpecies, with critical obfervations, from Dr. 
Plukenet 5 mtfci and rare plants, by 
Mr. 
