bvotany at Edmbu?'gh^ after this period ; 
when the zeal, and abilities, of my much- 
honoured and refpeded friend, the late 
Dr. yohn Hope, affifted by the royal 
bounty, enabled him to raife the ftiidy of 
botany to an eminence unrivalled, unlefs at 
Uff/hl^ by any univerlity in Europe. 
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