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were thrown upon a Sandy Shore, and fo by the Force of the Winds 
and Waves, were foon buried in Sand : there they remain’d for fomc 
Years, and afterwards to the great Surprize and Admiration of the 
Inhabitants, the Flowers appear’d in all their Pomp and Beauty. The 
Lord Hatton was then Governour of that Ifland for King Charles 
the Ild. His fecond Son was by good luck a curious Perfen, and a 
great Lover of Flowers, and therefore he not only took care to tranf- 
plant and cultivate this Flower himfelf, but fent Roots of it to a 
great many Botanifts and Florifts in England. Ejiis Rad'iceSy (fays 
the Dodor, ) ex Japonia allat£y & ex Na-ve Nanfraga Batavka an 
Anglka incertumy ejcEia in littus Arenofum InfuU Guernfay, ditioni 
SereniJJimi Caroli Seenndi fubje 61 £ ; ibi inquam Bulbi incur i a projebli 
in littus Arenofum, inter fparta Marttimay S' vento fortiore Arenam 
io pellente, qua demum pr£di6ti Bulbi teBi pofi aliquot Annos furnmd 
cum Incolarum admirationcy fores rutilos amplos S elegantes fponte 
dedhe. Hoc flore deteBOy aliquot annis poflea radices plurimas com- 
tnunicavit Botanicis S elegan him forum cultoribus Homimis Caro- 
lus Hatton, filius natu fecundus NobiliJJimi viri Chrijiophori Hat- 
ton, Baronis de Hatton, & Infiilre Gernfay pradiBa gubernatoris. 
This Honourable Charles Hatton was not only a great Patron of 
Botanical Learning, but efteem’d fo good a Judge of it himfelf, that 
the late famous xVlr. Ray was not afraid to own that it was by his Ad- 
vice and Diredion that he undertook his great Hiftory of Plants } 
and therefore thought him the moft proper Perfon to inferibe it to. 
He had receiv’d the firfl: Tindures of this valuable Branch of Na- 
tural Knowledge from Dr. Morifon, while Diredor of the Royal 
Garden at Blois ; and it was eafy for a Perfon of his Genius to im- 
prove upon fo good a Foundation. That Capt. Hatton had been 
Scholar to Dr. Morifon is very well known to a great many People 
ftill living, and further appears by the following Infcription under 
his Coat of Arms upon Plate i. Sed. 14. of the third Parr of that 
Authors Univerfal Hijiory of Blants. Aufpiciis Honor at ijfirni S 
T^oBiJfmi T). E>. Caroli Hatton, Filii Homini Hatton, Baronis 
Liberi Anglia, Scientia Naturalis Cultoris & Fautoris Eximii Au- 
thoris olim in Botanicis Hifeipuli. 
I am inform’d that this Gentleman died here in Town about two 
Years ago, in a very advanced Age. 
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