102 CHAPTER 34. 
kind in Europe^ for the number of curious 
exotics it contains. Of this, the Diftionary, 
and Figures of the late Mr. Miller, af- 
ford fufficient proofs. The advantages, in- 
deed of this inftitution are obvious y and 
even Sir Hans Sloane himfelf acknow- 
ledged his obligations to it in the early part 
of his life. 
In juftice to the memory of thofe who 
have eminently filled the place of lec- 
turers, and demonftrators, in the Chelfea 
Garden^ I recite their names, from the time 
of Sir Hans Sloane*s donation ^ not being 
able to afcend above that period. 
IJaac Rand, apothecary. 
F.R.S. i ^7"-i739 
yofeph Miller, apothecary, 1740 — 1746 
John WiLMER, M. D. ^747^ — 1764 
William Hudson, F.R.S. 1765 — 1769 
Stanejhy Alchorne, ^77*^ — -^77^ 
William Curtis, 1773 — " 
Mr. Rand publifhed, in 1730, in 8\ 
Index Plantarum Offici?2alium Horti Chelfej- 
ani. The lift contains 518 plants of the 
Materia Medica and fpecifies the part of 
each ufed in phyfic. The fame author 
publillied 
