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CHAP. 47. 
Mrs, Blackwell, — Account ofy and her unfortu-- 
nate hujband — Encouraged ly Sir Hans Sioane, 
and the College of Phyficians^ to frojecute her 
Hcrhdl— JJified hy Mr. Rand and Mr, Mil- 
ler — Account of that zvork — and ^/TrewV im^ 
proved edition. 
T) tcnng-- native of Saxony — fettled at Notting- 
ham — His Catalogus Nottinghamenfis — His 
Hortus Siccus — Nottinghamia Vetus et No- 
va, 
Wilfon^ — Singular infiance of his ardour to acquire 
botanical knowledge — His Synopfis of Britiih 
Plants^ 
BLACKWELL. 
IT is a fingular faft, that phyfic is in- 
debted for the moft complete fet of 
iigures of the medicinal plants, to the ge- 
nius and induftiy of a lady, exerted on an 
occafion that redounded highly to her 
praife. 
The name of Mrs. 'Elizabeth Black- 
^ELL is well Lnowo^ both from her own 
merit. 
