CHAPTER 49. 
Ivii. p. TI4. The Arbutus Andrachne, 
which firft flowered in England, in iy6(}/ 
in the garden of Dr. Fot her gill. 
His ingenuity and knowledge of nature 
raifed him ta a degree of reputation among 
the literati, and obtained him the diftindion 
of being chofen a Fellow of the Royal So- 
ciety. Befides the profit accruing from 
thofe numerous exhibitions of his pencil, he 
applied for many years, with great affidui- 
ty, to the bufinefs of teaching bis art ; and 
if his ingenuity did not meet with a reward 
equal to his merit, yet his labours, in the 
end, proved fufliciently lucrative, to afford 
him a moderate independence ; though, to 
the laft, he ceafed not to employ his pencil. 
He died in September 1770, in the 60th 
year of his age 
Mr. Ehret married the fider of P/jih'p 
Miller^ of Chelfea, by whom he left one 
fon. 
* Mr. Ehret was complimented by Dr. Trew, in 
the Third Decad of the PlanUe Sele^cc^ v/ith a nev/ ge- 
nus, which he called by his name, llie Ehreti^^ are 
trees of the Pentandrons clafs, firft defcribed and figured 
by Sloane 'y to whichv new fpecies have been added by 
