Merret. 293 
Neverthelefs, he was not poffeffed of that 
critical and intimate acquaintance with the 
fubjed:, which might have enabled him to 
diftinguifh, with fufficient accuracy, the 
fpecies from varieties. He ranges the plants 
alphabetically, according to the Latin names, 
and has given few lynonyms, except thofe 
of Gerard and Parkinson ; to which, 
after the example of the writers of the 
Hortus Oxonienjisy' he has very commen- 
dably annexed the page. He gives the ge- 
neral places of growth, and fpecifies the 
particular fpots, where the rare plants are 
found. 
At the end of the Catalogue, is fubjoined, 
a rude difpofition of vegetables into dalles, 
fomewhat like that of John Bauhine, 
This he hoped to have improved, againft 
the time of a fecond edition, which, pro- 
bably, Mr. Ray's publications fuperfeded. 
Then follows a brief Synopjis Efymologicay 
and a ufeful lift of the plants as they flower 
in each month, pointing out the duration of 
the time. Dr. Merret has, in this P/- 
nax, introduced many plants as new, which, 
on fubfequent examination, proved to be 
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