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CHAP. 46. 
Increafing cultivation of exotics — Superior Jkill of 
Englifh gardeners — Fairchild — Knov/lton — 
Gordon. 
Miller — Anecdotes of — Maintained an extenfive 
correfpondence — His Di6lionary commended by 
Liinnseiis — Member of the Botanic Academy 
Florence — and Fellow ofthe^oydX Society— 
Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs — His 
Gardener's Di6lionary — Kalendar — Figures of 
Plants — Cultivation of Madder — -Communica- 
tions to the Royal Society. 
THE increafing cultivation of exotics 
in Englandy from the beginning of the 
prefent century, and the greater difFufion of 
tafte for the elegancies and luxuries of the 
Stove and Green-houfe, naturally tended to 
raife up a fpirit of improvement and real 
fcience in the arts of culture. To preferve 
far-fetched rarities, it became neceliary to 
fcrutinize into the true principles of the 
art, which ultimately muft depend on the 
knowledge 
