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The Floral King. gI
Botanist, he does {not know a single plant;” but
as he gradually became acquainted with Linnzus,
and his new system, Miller changed his opinion,
and became instead a great admirer of Linnzus’s
genius, and allowed him to take what plants he
desired from Chelsea to Hartcamp; those which
he selected were principally American. Miller had
just published in London, The Gardener’s Dictionary,
which afterwards went through nineteen editions,
and was translated into many foreign languages.
Nearly twenty years afterwards (1755) he also pub-
lished 2 vols., Figures of the most béautiful, useful,
and uncommon plants, described in the Gardener’s
Dictionary ; with 300 plates.” He died an octagena-
rian in I771.
Another English Botanist and Zoologist, con-
temporaneous with Linnzus’s visit to England, was
Marcus Catesby, who had travelled in Virginia
1712-19, and in Carolina, Georgia, Florida and to
the Bahama Islands 1722-26, the latter journey at
the expense of William Sherard and Sir Hans
Sloane. He had (1731), in 2 vols., published the
results of these his travels, under title, The Natural
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