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to be the horns of the Moofe Deer, fo fre- 
quently dug up in Ireland^ and were thought 
to be the fir ft of the kind difcovered in 
England, 
Mr. Knowlton died in the year 1782, 
at the advanced age of ninety. 
G O R D O 
James Gordon, of Mile End, eminent 
for his fuccefsful cultivation of exotics, was 
well acquainted with Englijh botany. I 
know not that he made himfelf known by 
any publications. He maintained a corre- 
fpondence with Lin us ; and had the 
refpeft paid to him by the late Mr. Ellis, 
of having the Loblolly Bay of Catesby 
called by his name, when feparated from 
the Hypericum genus, 
MILLER. 
Thilip MiLtER w-as born in the year 
1 69 1. His father was gardener to the 
Company of Apothecaries at Chelfea ^ and 
his fon fucceeded him in that office, iil the 
year 1722. He raifed himfelf by his merit, 
from a ftate of obfcority^ to a degree of 
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