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.MEMOIR OF RAY. 
a letter to his valued friend Mr Willughby : “ You 
remember that we lately, out of Gerard, Parkinson, 
and Phytologia Britannica, made a collection of 
rare plants, whose places are therein mentioned, 
and ranked them under the several counties. My 
intention now is to carry on and perfect that design ; 
to which purpose I am now writing to all my friends 
and acquaintance who are skilful in herbary, to re- 
quest them this next summer, each to search dili- 
gently his countrey for plants, and to send me a ca- 
talogue of such as they find, together with the places 
where they grow. In divers counties I have such 
as are skilful and industrious. For Warwickshire 
and Nottinghamshire I must beg your assistance, 
which I hope and am confident you will be willing 
to contribute. After that, partly by my own search, 
partly by the mentioned assistance, I shall have got 
as much information and knowledge of the plants of 
each countrey as I can (which will require some 
years), I do design to put forth a compleat P. B. 
First I shall give the names of all plants which are or 
shall then be found growing in England, in an alpha- 
betical order ; together with their synonyma. I shall 
also put a full Index Anglicolatinus , after the man- 
ner of that in the Cat . Cant, Then I shall put in 
the counties, with the several rare plants in them 
marshalled alphabetically,” &c.* For the accom- 
plishment of this object, but little aid could be de- 
Philosopliical Letters, p. 356. 
