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pointed  for  the  purpose  ;  (5)  to  prepare  annually  a  specified  number 
of  herbarium  specimens  ;  (6)  "  to  attend  each  private  court  at  the 
hall  during  the  summer  months,"  in  order  to  give  advice  on  matters 
relative  to  "  the  private  herborizings  "  and  to  the  management  of 
the  garden ;  he  was  also  recommended  to  cultivate  u  extensive 
botanical  correspondence,  both  at  home  and  abroad." 
The  reputation  of  the  garden  as  a  center  for  the  diffusion  of  knowl- 
edge was,  moreover,  much  augmented  between  1722  and  1770  by 
the  exertions  of  Philip  Miller,  who  was  appointed  gardener  in  1722, 
and  who  published  in  1730  the  first  catalogue  of  the  officinal  plants 
growing  in  the  Chelsea  Garden.  This  will  be  considered  in  greater 
detail  later,  but  it  is  of  interest  to  note  that,  although  the  book  is 
written  in  Latin,  every  plant  mentioned  has  an  English  name  ap- 
pended to  it,  a  feature  which  must  have  considerably  enhanced  its 
value  to  the  learner.  Two  other  works  of  which  Philip  Miller  was 
the  author,  viz.,  the  "  Gardener's  Dictionary  "  and  "  A  Short  Intro- 
duction to  the  Science  of  Botany,"  added  in  no  small  degree  to  the 
reputation  of  the  Chelsea  Garden  as  an  educational  center,  but  the 
most  far-reaching  result  of  Philip  Miller's  labors  is  probably  to  be 
found  in  the  fame  achieved  by  his  pupils,  such  as  Aiton  at  Kew,  and 
his  own  successor  at  Chelsea,  William  Forsyth. 
In  1829  an  extension  of  the  Society's  work  was  inaugurated,  con- 
sequent upon  a  resolution  of  the  Garden  Committee  to  the  effect 
that  the  garden  should  be  made  "  more  useful  to  the  profession  at 
large  than  it  had  hitherto  been,"  and  medical  students  from  the 
recognized  metropolitan  schools  were  admitted,  free,  to  the  garden 
once  a  week,  on  the  recommendation  of  their  respective  teachers. 
The  result  was  so  successful  that  in  the  following  year  the  Society's 
demonstrator  was  appointed  professor  at  an  increased  salary,  and 
lectures  were  delivered  by  him  once  a  week  to  all  accredited  medi- 
cal students  who  chose  to  take  advantage  of  them.  Two  medals 
presented  by  the  Society  were  also  offered  for  competition  annually. 
A  large  number  of  students  availed  themselves  of  the  privilege 
granted  to  them  by  the  Society,  and  in  the  same  year  "  by  far  the 
best  catalogue  of  the  medicinal  plants  in  the  Chelsea  Garden  ever  pub- 
lished "  was  issued  by  the  professor,  J.  L.  Wheeler.  This  work  was 
at  the  same  time  a  guide  to  medical  botany,  and,  although  the 
classification  adopted  was  that  of  Linne,  it  is  of  the  greatest  interest 
