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Miller, Philip (cent,) 
The year 1792, cited by Sieveking in his; 
The Praise of gardens (1899), p*l45, for the 
entire work, is probably pure error; and 1795, 
given by Miltitz, col,299, is also improbable. 
The copy in the library of the Linnean Soci¬ 
ety of London is probably a subscription copy, 
as the receipt of pt.14-16 is noted in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. 6:392 (1802), and pt.l7 in the same, 
7:312 (1804). Pt.18, "containing no,173-182.” 
and published 1803, was noted in Konig & Sims, 
Ann. Bot. 1:58 (May 1, 1804). Pt.18 comprises 
the text "Tri - Ver," in v.2, pt.2, which ends 
with the signature "20 S.” 
On the other hand. Cat. Bib. Banks, v.3, is¬ 
sued in 1797, gives conclusive evidence that v. 
1 of Mairtyn’s edition came out in parts and was 
completed in that year. Cat. Bib. Banks, 3:10, 
enters the work as "Part 1-7 (usque ad Fritil- 
lariam). Alphab. 12, plagg. 5," without a date; 
but at the end of the volume, 3:646, it is amp¬ 
lified as follows: "Vol. I (A - I). Alphab. 16, 
plagg* 3 1 / 2 . London, 1797." Linnean Soc. Lon¬ 
don and Mo. Bot. Card., as well as Brit. Mus., 
indicate the dates as 1797-1804, inclusive, and 
these should perhaps be regarded as correct for 
the original edition, considering sets with the 
date 1807 as reissues, in the sense that a new 
set of title-pages appears to have been printed 
for the whole work after its issue in parts had 
been completed. 
On account of variations in the date of in¬ 
dividual copies, such as that of the N. Y. Pub. 
Lib,, which is given as 1803-07, some sets that 
have been located in catalogs may have been im¬ 
properly classified. There are also minor var¬ 
iations in imprint. 
