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an herbalist, not of a botanist. He had some acquain- 
tance with the practice of physic, of which he narrates 
some examples ; and an interest in kitchen recipes, 
and included a few in his books. He said that Par- 
kinson or another botanist might have “found in 
Garden of the Bartram House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
New England a thousand, at least, of plants never 
heard of nor seen by any Englishman before,” and 
adds that he was himself an indifferent observer. 
He certainly lost an extraordinary opportunity of 
distinguishing himself, indeed of immortalizing him- 
self ; and it is surprising that he was so heedless, 
for Englishmen of that day were in general eager 
botanists. The study of plants was new, and was 
