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yet, upon the whole, the figures are fuffi- 
ciently diftlndlive of the fubjed. 
Each plate is accompanied with an en- 
graved page, containing the Latin and Eng-^ 
lip officinal names, followed by a I'hort 
defcription of the plant, and a fummary of 
its qualities, and ufes. After thefe occur 
the name in various other languages. Thefe 
illuftrations were the fliare her hufband took 
in the work. This ill-fated man, after his 
failure in phyfic, and in printing, became 
an unfuccefsful candidate for the place of 
Secretary to the Society for the Encourage- 
ment of Learning. He was made Super- 
intendant of the Works belonging to the 
Duke ^Chandos at Camions^ and experi- 
enced thofe difappointments incident to 
projedors. He formed fchemes in agricul- 
ture, and wrote a treatife on the fubjed, 
which, we are told, was the caufe of his 
being engaged in Sweden. In that king- 
dom, he drained marfhes, praclifed phyfic, 
and was even employed in that capacity for 
the king. At length he was involved in^ 
fome ftate cabals, or, as fome accounts have 
it^ in a plot with Coimt Tns^iii^ for which 
he 
