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points of view, so I took steps to try ancl ascertain the whereabouts of 
the Botanology, as the Lev. John Peter died in 1877. In response 
to a letter of enquiry which was published in various Welsh news¬ 
papers and journals circulating in the Principality, in February 1912, 
the MS was located at the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. 
After the death of Joan Pedr it had been purchased by Principal 
Charles Edwards and subsequently presented by him to the Library 
of University College, Aberystwyth. In 1905 it was presented by 
the University authorities to the National Library, where it now 
remains.” 
Originally I had merely wished to collate the various Flint and 
Denbighshire records which occur in this MS for inclusion in the 
j Flora, but having regard to the wider interest and importance, 
it seemed a pity that the whole could not be published. I brought 
the matter to the notice of my friend the late Mr. John Morris (of 
Liverpool and Llansannan), who enthusiastically fell in with my 
suggestion and generously undertook to defray the cost of transcribing 
and publication. I undertook to assist with the botanical aspects of 
the work, and through Mr. J. H. Davies the services of an Aberyst¬ 
wyth student were secured. After the death of Mr. Morris in 
January 1915, I failed to receive any copy of the transcript, and 
communications to the transcriber brought no response. The work, 
which was reviewed in this Journal for 1917 (p. 259), duly appeared 
in 1916, but without any mention or acknowledgement of the circum¬ 
stances which led to its publication. Owing to these peculiar 
circumstances, it is scarcely surprising that Mr. Gunther should have 
been misled into assuming that I was unaware of the work and in no 
way associated therewith ; it is due to both of us that these facts 
should be placed on record. 
I am inclined to agree with Dr. Gunther that Salusbury’s botanical 
attainments have been perhaps rather overstated by his biographer, and 
reference to his herbal gives evidence of this. A good deal of mystery 
surrounds his later life ; the year and place of his death are unknown, 
nor do we know his last resting-place. There is a tradition current 
among Llansannan people that he was buried in the churchyard 
of that remote hamlet, but we have been unable to solve the problem. 
A very beautiful memorial on the roadside at Llansannan helps to 
commemorate William Salusbury in the country he loved so well; 
the monument, which was unveiled in 1899, consists of a figure in 
bronze of a Welsh maid holding in her hands a wreath. 
Sir John Salusbury ou Lleweni (1567-1612). 
The discovery by Mr. Gunther of an annotated copy of Gerard’s 
Herbal in the Library of Christ Church is of special interest, not 
only from the early records which it affords for Flint and Denbigh 
plants, but also as revealing a hitherto unknown local botanist. There 
is, 1 think, little doubt that the volume in question is a relic of the 
rich library which was formerly at Lleweni,'the dispersal and disap¬ 
pearance of which has been a matter of regret to all historians. John 
Williams (Ancient and Modern Denbigh, 1S56) states (p. 165) :— 
