WORKS WRITTEN, EDITED BY OR CONCERNING BANKS. 215 
Also published as a pamphlet, London, 1805, 8vo. 15 pp. tab. (Is. 6d. 
or with the plate accurately coloured 2s. 6d.). Printed with the 4th 
edition of Curtis’ “ Practical Observations on the British Grasses.” It 
was also reprinted in the PamfMeteer for 1813. It reached a 
second edition in 1806, and was re-edited in 1807. 
4. “ Note on Centriscus Scolopax driven on the shore of Cornwall.” 
(Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII, 3.58. (1807). 
5. “ An Attempt to Ascertain the Time when the Potatoe (Solanum 
tuberosum) was first introduced into the United Kingdom ; with some 
account of the Hill Wheat of India.” (1805.) Hortic. Soc., Trans. I, 
1812, pp. 8-12. 
6. “ Notes Relative to the First Appearance of the Hp/its fanf^era, or 
the Apple Tree Insect, in this Country.” (1812.) Hortic. Soc. Trans. 
II, 1817, pp. 162-170. 
7. “ Observations on the nature and formation of the stone incrusting 
the skeletons which have been found in the island of Guadaloupe, 
with some account of the origin of those skeletons.” In a report made 
to General Ernouf, late Governor of the Colony, communicated by 
Sir Joseph Banks, 5th December, 1815. In French. Linn. Soc. Trans. 
XII, 1818, pp. 53-61. 
8. “ Some hints respecting the proper mode of inuring tender plants 
to our climate,” loc. cit., pp. 21-5. 
9. “ On the forcing-houses of the Romans, with a list of fruits culti- 
vated by them now in our gardens,” loc. cit., pp. 147-56. 
10. “ On ripening the second crops of figs that grow on the new 
shoots,” loc. cit., pp. 252-4. 
11-14. He was the author of an anonymous tract on the “ Propriety 
of Allowing a Qualified Exportation of Wool,” in 1782, and in 1809 he 
brought out a small work on the merino sheep, a pet subject of his, as 
well as of the King (George III). There are a few articles in the 
Archfpologia, and a short essay on the “Economy of a Park,” in vol. 39 
of Young’s Annals of Agriculture. See also his letter on the cultivation 
of the clove tree. Buee, William Urban. — “ A Narrative of the Suc- 
cessful Manner of Cultivating the Clove Tree in the Island of 
Dominica,” with an appendix (containing a letter of Sir J. 
Banks, &c.). London, 1797. 4to. 
B . — Banks as an Editor. 
1. Houstoun, William. 
“ Reliqui® Houstouniame, seu plantarum in America meridionali a 
Guil. Houstoun collectarum icones manu propria sere incisse, cum 
descriptionibus et schedis ejusdem in bibhotheca Joseph! Banks asser- 
vatis.” Londini, 1781. 4to. 12 pp., 26 tab. 
