Mori/on. 311 
Plants/' was publifhed by Jacob Bo- 
BART, in foL 1699. PP' 6^5. A life of 
MoRisoN is prefixed to this volume, and 
an engraving of him done by PVhite^ with 
Dr. Pitcairn's Tetraftic underneath. 
In the preface, which is figned Jacob Bo- 
BART, the reader is prefented with a gene- 
ral view of the writers on botanv, from 
Theophrastus, to the time of Mori- 
son ^ enumerating throughout the feveral 
nations of EtiropCy in a chronological order, 
the moft learned authors on the fubjefl:. The 
writer then informs us of the patronage and 
encouragement which Mori son received 
from the univerfity, to undertake this work ; 
and, after lamenting the untimely death of 
the author, and expreffing his grateful fenfe 
of the honour he received in being ap- 
pointed to continue the undertaking, he lays 
before the reader the affiftances he received 
in the profccution of it. An interval of 
near twenty years had given Bob art an 
opportunity of inferting a great number of 
plants unknown to Morison, from the 
works of Ray, Herman, Plukenet, the 
. Hortus Malabaricusy' and other works, 
X 4 With 
