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this  we  must  refer  the  reader  who  is  interested  in  the  subject.  For 
nearly  a  century  the  "  Gardeners  Dictionary  "  was  the  recognized 
authority  on  gardening  in  this  country,  and  we  find  Linne  saying 
of  it :  "  Non  erit  Lexicon  Hortulanorum,  sed  etiam  Botanicorum" 
Miller's  work  is,  therefore,  of  considerable  historical  interest  at  the 
present  day,  inasmuch  as  its  several  editions  reflect  the  progress  of 
gardening  in  this  country  during  the  period  in  which  they  were 
published.  It  is  of  interest  to  record  that  in  the  eighth  edition, 
published  in  1768,  Miller  suggests  that  certain  useful  plants  "as 
namely  the  Safflower,  Indigo,  and  several  other  sorts  used  in  dyeing, 
none  of  which  will  thrive  in  this  country  to  advantage,  with  many 
medicinal  drugs  "  should  be  cultivated  in  the  West  Indian  Posses- 
sions. From  the  account  which  has  already  been  given  of  the  work 
of  Kew  Gardens  it  will  have  been  noticed  that  the  suggestion  put 
forward  by  Philip  Miller  in  1768  was  partly  acted  upon  subsequently 
(see  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  Vol.  78,  pp.  73-74).  In  1732 
Philip  Miller  published  his  "  Gardeners  Kalendar."  This  little  book, 
which  may  be  looked  upon  as  a  supplement  to  the  "  Gardeners 
Dictionary,"  went  through  fifteen  editions  in  the  author's  lifetime, 
and  its  principal  interest  to  us  lies  in  the  fact  that  "  A  List  of  the 
Medicinal  Plants  which  may  be  gather'd  in  each  Month  for  Use  " 
is  added  to  the  ninth  edition — a  circumstance  which  would  lead  us 
to  suppose  that  the  apothecary,  in  Miller's  day,  cultivated  his  own 
drugs,  or,  at  all  events,  gathered  those  which  were  indigenous. 
Hudson's  Flora  Anglica  has  already  been  referred  to  at  some 
length,  and  it  is  only  necessary  to  add  that  it  was  for  many  years 
the  standard  guide  to  the  flora  of  this  country.  The  first  edition 
was  published  in  1768  in  one  volume,  and  the  second  in  1778,  in 
two  volumes. 
William  Curtis's  Flora  Londinensis  and  "The  Botanical  Magazine" 
may  be  taken  together.  The  beauty  and  accuracy  of  the  plates, 
which  are  reproduced  in  every  case  from  the  living  plants,  constitute 
the  dominant  feature  of  these  two  works,  as  of  all  Curtis's  publica- 
tions. The  Flora  Londinensis  was  commenced  in  1777,  but  only  six 
fasciculi  were  issued,  as  the  subscriptions  did  not  cover  expenses. 
Each  fasciculus  contains  the  plates  and  descriptions  of  72  plants 
growing  "  wild  in  the  Environs  of  London,"  printed  on  large  folio 
sheets.  In  the  "  English  Botany  "  by  Sowerby  and  Smith,  which 
appeared  subsequently,  the  task  which  Curtis  had  begun  in  his 
