522 
Miller, Philip (1691-1771) 
Valuable critical data on Miller’s works are 
given by Thomas Martyn in his preface to The Gar¬ 
dener’s and botanist’s dictionary (London, 1797- 
1807), v,l, pt.l, p,i-ix* 
Abbildungen der ntfbzlichsten, schonsten und seltensten 
pflanzen. Nu’mberg, 1768* See his Figures oj? the most 
beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the 
Gardeners dictionairy# 
Allgemeines gartnerlexicon* Nti'rnberg, 1769-76* See 
his The gardeners dictionary [Translations] 
Anleitung zur pflanzung und wartung der vomehmsten kti- 
chengewachse* Bei*n, 1766* See his The gardeners dic¬ 
tionary [Extracts] 
Calendrier des jardiniere* Bruxelles, 1789* See his 
The gardeners kalendar* 
Catalogus plantarum, ttmi exoticarum turn domesticarum, 
quae in hortis haud procul a Londino sitis in venditionem 
propagantur* A catalogue of trees, shrubs, plants, and 
flowers, both exotic and domestic, which are propagated 
for sale, in the gardens near London *** By a society of 
gardeners* London, 1730* 90 p* F®* (Dept* Agr*j 
Am* Arb*; Mass. Hort* Soo.j Lindley Lib*; Linn* Soc* 
London; Brit* Mus* Kat* Eist*) 
The authorship of this work is definitely 
credited to Miller in ”A new and general bio¬ 
graphical dictionary" (London, 1798) 10:451* 
The Mass* Hort* Soc* and the Lindley Lib* Cats* 
enter directly under Miller* The copy in Dept* 
Agr* has binder’s title: Miller’s catalogue of 
trees* Arn. irb. enters under title with brack¬ 
eted note: Compiled by Philip Miller, There is 
a reference from Miller’s name* J* Ardagh writ¬ 
ing in Jour* Bot. 72:110-111, says: "The author¬ 
ship of the work seems to have puzzled many cat¬ 
aloguers, but it seems to be correctly placed 
under 'Society of Gardeners,' as issued by them, 
Philip Miller as their secretary, editing the 
work, and probably writing most of it*" The Cat* 
Brit* Mus, Nat* Hist* enters Tinder Society of 
gardeners with a note that the work is frequent¬ 
ly attributed to P. Miller, the society’s secre¬ 
tary’-. The Linn. Soc. London enters Tinder Thomas 
Fairchild and others and notes that the preface 
is signed by 20 gardeners, Fairchild’s name stand¬ 
ing first and Philip Miller’s fifth* The book was 
reviewed as anonymous in Jour, des Scavans, 92: 
135* Sept. 1730* 
