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London  Botanic  Gardens. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm- 
April.  1906. 
Fairbairn  (1784-1814);  William  Anderson,  F.L.S.  (1814-1846); 
Robert  Fortune  (1846- 1848)  ;  Thomas  Moore,  F.L  S.  (1848-1887). 
The  title  of  "  Gardener  "  was  changed  to  that  of  "  Curator  "  during 
William  Anderson's  term  of  office. 
The  funds  necessary  for  the  rearrangement  of  the  garden  and 
the  repair  of  the  buildings  which  it  contained  were  raised  by  means 
of  fees  imposed  upon  the  freemen  of  the  Society  and  by  an  annual 
grant  from  its  corporate  funds,  while  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians 
assisted  with  a  gift  of  £100.  In  1724,  on  the  recommendation  of 
the  Garden  Committee,  the  Demonstrator  of  Plants,  Isaac  Rand, 
F.R.S.,  was  appointed  Director  of  the  Garden  or  Ptwfectus  Horti,  his 
duty  in  the  latter  capacity  consisting  in  the  superintendence  and 
frequent  inspection  of  the  garden,  while  as  demonstrator  he  was 
required  "  to  attend  in  the  garden  during  the  six  summer  months,, 
at  least  twice  in  each  month,  to  demonstrate  the  plants  to  such  as 
should  then  attend,  and  to  execute  such  other  matters  as  were  by 
former  orders  enjoined."  This  office,  like  that  of  the  gardener  or 
curator,  was  held  uninterruptedly  for  a  considerable  period,  and 
the  following  filled  the  post  in  succession  until  its  abolition  in 
1853:  Isaac  Rand,  F.R.S.  (to  1743);  Joseph  Miller  (1743- 1747) ; 
John  Wilmer  (1 748-1 764);  William  Hudson,  F.R.S.  (1765-1771)  ; 
Stanesby  Atchorne  (Honorary)  (1771-1772);  William  Curtis,  F.L.S. 
(1773-1777);  Thomas  Wheeler,  F.L.S.  (1778-1820) ;  James  Lowe 
Wheeler  (1821-1834);  Gilbert  Thomas  Burnett,  F.L.S.  (1835) ;  John 
Lindley,  F.R.S.  (1835-185 3).  James  Lowe  Wheeler  was  the  first 
Demonstrator  of  Plants  to  whom  the  title  of  "  Professor  of  Botany  "' 
was  applied,  but  the  terms  "  Professor  "  and  "  Demonstrator  "  were 
for  some  time  used  conjointly. 
In  1732  important  additions  to  the  equipment  of  the  garden  were 
begun.  These  additions,  consisting  of  a  greenhouse  and  two  stoves 
(see  "I,"  "2,"  and  "  3,"  Plate  XXV),  were  completed  within  two 
years ;  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  undertaking  were  met  by  sub- 
scription among  the  members  of  the  Society,  and  by  a  contribution 
from  the  Corporation.  The  first  stone  was  laid  by  Sir  Hans 
Sloane,  and,  in  the  following  year,  it  was  decided  to  erect  a  statue 
of  him  in  the  garden.  This  statue,  the  work  of  Michael  Rysbrach, 
was  completed  in  1737  and  placed  in  a  niche  in  the  front  wall  of 
the  greenhouse.  It  was  removed  in  1748  to  the  position  it  now 
occupies  in  the  centre  of  the  garden  and  placed  upon  a  pedestal 
