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him, the laft of the right hand group^ in 
the Oxford Ahiianack for the year 1749. 
Dr. Plott was a man of various erudi- 
tion, but is at this time heft known for his 
natural hiftories of Oxfordfmre^ and of Staf- 
fordfiire. The firft of thefe was publifhed 
in 1677, in folio ; and again in 1705, wdtli' 
the author's correilions and additions, by 
his fon-in-law, Mr. Burmany vicar of New- 
ington, in Kent. The natural hiftory of 
StajfhrdJhirCy in 1679, in folio, and re- 
printed in 1686. In each of thefe volumes, 
he records the rare plants of the county, 
defcribes the dubious ones, and fuch as he 
took for nondefcripts, and figures feveral of 
them. To thefe works the Englijh botanift 
owes the firft knovv^lcdge of fome EngJiJJ? 
plants; and this circamftance juflly entitles 
him to a place in this work He con- 
duced the publication of ths Phllofophical 
TranfaBions during part of his fecretary- 
ihip to the Society, and wrote the follow- 
ing papers : 
* It is amufing to remark the price of literature a 
century ago. The fubfcription for Plott's ^iafford-^ 
Jhire was, a penny a Ihcgt^ a pei^jny; a plate,v and iix penc« 
the map, 
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