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CHAP. 45. 
Houfton — ftudied under Boerhaave- — refident in 
the Weft Indies for Jome time — greatly aug- 
mented the Chelfea Garden with new -plants- 
fell a facrifice to the climate — "The Reliqui^ 
Houftonianae^ publifhed by Sir Jofeph Banks. 
Douglas — Surgeon to ^een Caroline— ///j de* 
fcription of the Guernfey J^ily — Papers in the 
Philofophical Tranfactions. 
HOUSTON. 
r^"^HOSE who are converfant with the 
Jl. writings of Miller, will recolledt 
the frequent mention of the name of Dr. 
William Houston; and that the exotic 
botany of England was greatly enriched by 
his means. If I err not, Mr. Flo us ton 
went firft to the Wejl Indies^ in the charac- 
ter of a fiirgeon; and, upon his return, after 
two years reiidence at Leyden^ took degrees 
in phyfic under Boerhaave. This was 
in 1728 and [729. At LeydeUy he inftitu- 
ted a fet of Experiments on Brutes 5 fome 
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