of vegetables] Referring probably to names such as Hyacinth, Iris, Narcissus, Jasonian (from Jason), and "Helenium ab Helena natum" (Pliny, Hist. Nat. xxi. 91).

P. 94. in use before by Varro] "Si sata sunt in quincuncem." De Re Rust. I. vii. 2.

P. 94. doubled at the angle, C, D, E: doubted. A, B, C. Wilkin (I) has double, probably a typographical error, which is repeated in Bohn's reprint (K).

P. 95. rectangular] One of the Errata in C, first corrected by Wilkin (I); regular, A to F.

P. 95. pattern in the sky] Referring to the well-known story of the vision of Constantine the Great, when he was commanded "ut cœleste signum Dei notaret in scutis" (Lactantius, De Mort. Pers. 44).

P. 96. we should have, A to E; shall seems an unnecessary correction by Wilkin (I), repeated in Bohn's reprint (K). P. 97. character of Venus] the astronomical sign of the planet Venus.

P. 98. the brazen table of Bembus] Cf. "Bembine Table," P. 148. In Spineto's Hieroglyphics it is stated that "This table, which is of bronze, five feet long and three feet wide, is divided into several partitions, filled with all sorts of hieroglyphics; and this strange mixture alone, independent of other reasons equally strong, seems to establish the fact that it is a monument of a modern date, fabricated at Rome towards the latter end of hieroglyphical writing, by some person who knew but little about the science, but who wished to exhibit some of the strange doctrines, rites, and ceremonies, which had been introduced in the mysteries of Isis, when they were established in Rome, but very different from those once celebrated in Egypt." The tablet passed from Cardinal Bembo's collection to the Duke of Mantua, and is now in the Museum at Turin. It is commonly known as the Isiac Table.

P. 99. the emphatical word] This is pxaros. See Odyss. vii. 112.

P. 99. Ulysses... was promised by his father forty fig-trees, &c.] Odyss. xxiv. 310-11.

P. 99. deducible from Theophrastus, &c.] Hist. Plant. iv. 4, 8.

N

P. 100. Saturn. . is discovered to be Noah] This opinion was maintained by Bochart, in his Geographia Sacra, published 1646. He considers the identity so firmly established as not to admit the possibility of a doubt.

P. 100. his three sons, C*, D, E; stones, A, B, C.

P. 101. There is an important variety of reading here. A, B, C have to fix such... no higher, which is neither sense nor grammar; D has to fix such... to higher, which is as bad; F has to fix such... to no higher, which gives the right sense, but is unauthorized; E (which has a certain amount of authority, as being the first edition published after the author's death) has to fix to such... no higher, which gives a good sense, and is rightly adopted by Wilkin (I).

P. 101. the first sin of the new world] Drunkenness, as being the first offence recorded in Holy Scripture after the Deluge.

P. 108, note 3. the larger sort of medals] Additional note in C*; first used by Wilkin (I).

P. 109. chapiters of the pillars, C*, D; chapters, A, B, C, E. P. 109. the rushy labyrinths of Theocritus] Idyll. xxxi. 11.

P. 110. although why Vulcan bound them, &c.] The hidden meaning of the story is expounded by Leo Hebræus, in "De Amoris Natura et Essentia," Dial. ii. p. 420; a work published with the treatise of Archangelus quoted on p. 192, infra.

P. 110. vaired, A; varied, B to E. The reading of A has been restored, as probably correct.

P. 112. the chet mat, A, B, C, E, F ; chec-mate, D.

P. 112. which might continue] One of the Errata in C, first corrected by Wilkin in I, all previous editions having "and might continue."

P. 112. played at Penelope, A, B, E; at omitted by C, D. P. 112. note 2. Plato] This reference is omitted by Wilkin (I) and in Bohn's reprint (K), though found in A to F.

P. 113. illustrable from Aristotle] Quæst. Mechan. xxii.

P. 114. the battle of Africa] This was Zama; see the account in Livy, xxx. 33.

P. 116. before the first rank] One of the Errata in C; rank omitted in A to E.

P. 116. the famous pillars of Seth] See Josephus, Antiq. i. 2 ;

and Sylvester's Du Bartas, Weeks and Works: 2nd Week: The Columns.

P. 116, note 2. obelisks, &c.] This note was added in C, but was not inserted in any following edition before Wilkin's (I). P. 119. seven hundred, C*; five hundred, A to E.

P. 121. music of the spheres] Pliny, Hist. Nat. ii. 20; Aristotle, de Cœlo, ii. 9; Porph. in Harm. Ptol. 4. 257.

P. 121. the sevenfold pipe of Pan] Virgil, Ecl. ii. 32-38. Sometimes there were nine reeds; Theocritus, Idyll. viii. 18-22.

P. 122. the head of Taurus, C*; neck, A to E.

P. 123. jacea pinea, A, B, C*; jacea pinan, C, D, E.

P. 124. may find the seraglio of Solomon] This must refer to the 700 wives and 300 concubines in 1 Kings xi. 3.

P. 124, note 3. There being a single maggot, &c.] This note is among the Additions in C, D, but is first inserted in F.

P. 125. mercury wild, D, E; P. 127. observable in furze] corrected furze in F.

weld, A, B, C, F.

furre, A, B, C, D; furr, E; first

P. 127. upon pollard oaks and thorns] This note first appears in I, though it is one of the Additions in C, D.

P. 130, roots and sprouts] and sprouts om. A to E: one of the Errata in C.

P. 132. will root at that end] Wilkin (I) has the end, which is continued in Bohn's reprint (K)-without authority.

P. 133. seminal powers, C*, F; seminal pores, A to E.

P. 135. These and more, &c.] This note is among the Additions in C, D, but is first given in F.

P. 135. pill, woolley tuft] pill, C, C*; dill, A, B, D, E; bill, F.

P. 135. In a large. trees] This sentence is omitted in A to E. It is inserted in F, in accordance with the Errata in C; but is put as a note by Wilkin (I), and so continued in Bohn's reprint (K).

P. 137. channelled side] This is altered, needlessly, to channel, by Wilkin in I, and in Bohn's reprint (K).

P. 139. closing leaves, C*, D; dosing leaves, A, B, C, E.

P. 139. which exceed not five] This note is among the Additions in C, D, but is first found in E.

P. 140. the five brethren of the rose] Alluding to a rustic

rhyme:

"On a summer's day, in sultry weather
Five brethren were born together;
Two had beards, and two had none,
And the other had but half a one.'

(Note in I.) See also Notes and Queries, 6th Ser. iii. 466 iv. 73. P. 141. fifth touch, C*; first touch, A to E.

P. 142. But the bramble, C*; bryar or briar, A to E.
P. 142. Delphinium, C*; Gallitricum, A to E.

P. 145. a pliant fancy, A, B, C*, E; plain, C, D.

P. 147. in some Russia leather] This grain is, however, artificially produced, and not as the author seems to suppose, natural. (Note in I.)

P. 148. Jacob's cross... Manasses] Referring to the position of Jacob's hands in blessing the two sons of Joseph, as narrated in Gen. xlviii. 13-14. For a summary of the patristic opinions upon this subject, see Bp. Wordsworth's Commentary, in loc.

P. 148, note 1. Cruces ansatæ, &c.] This note is one of the Additions in C, D.

15.

P. 149.

"Thou hast curiously embroidered me"] Ps. cxxxix. See also Exod. xxvi. 1, 36; xxxv. 35.

P. 149. the fantastical quincunx in Plato] Symposium, 189

191.

P. 150, note 1. Meɣáλŋ koλíα, &c.] This note was added in C, D; it is omitted in E, and only the Latin given by Wilkin (I). P. 151. the Greek translation of the priest's fee] orηlúviov, Lev. vii. 21, LXX.

P. 152. seases] So in all the editions, except D, which has 'seats," which may possibly be right. The word " scases" is not to be found in any Dictionary, but a correction would be mere guess-work.

P. 153. the legs of Castor's horse in the Capitol] The "remarkable absurdity" is evident in the illustration in Piranesi's Vedute di Roma, vol. ii. pl. vi. Evelyn saw the statue in 1644, but does not mention this deformity. (Diary, i. 109.)

P. 154. flower of Christ's passion] Sir T. B. may have had his attention drawn to the then newly-discovered Passionflower, by reading the account of it in Bosio's La Trionfante e Gloriosa Croce, a book which he refers to on p. 97, supra.

P. 154. Aiain, Viviu, Lilil.] Wilkin prints in Sir T. B.'s Works, i. 366, a letter (MS. Sloan. 3515) from Dr. Power to the author, asking "in what plant these tearmes are inscribed." The question still remains unanswered.

P. 154. Aiain, C*; Acaia, A to E.

P. 156. stars of Charles wain, C*; star, A to E.

P. 157, note 1. To be observed, &c.] So C*, D*, but omitted in E, and only partly given in Wilkin (I).

P. 160. gnatworms] The rest of the treatise is omitted

in F.

P. 161. the rule of Solon] Plutarch, Solon, 23.

P. 162. the plane tree in Pliny] Hist. Nat. xii. 5.

P. 162. generality of trees, C*; generation of trees, A to E. P. 164. upon thyme, savory] savory, A to E; Wilkin (I) by some singular mistake has ivory, which in Bohn's reprint (K) becomes ivy.

P. 165. several trees be made to grow about the brinks of Acheron] Homer, Odyss. x. 509-10.

P. 166. in a pot of earth] pot, C*; plot, A to E.

P. 166. annual conversion] "Flectat ad Aquilonem, et declinit ad Austrum," (sic) is Solon's description of the motion of the sun. Author's note, from MS. Sloan. 1847. (Note in I ) P. 170. why fenny waters afford the hottest and sweetest plants, &c.] Compare George Herbert's poem "Providence":

"Most herbs that grow in brooks are hot and dry."

P. 171. wherein by no industry Harpalus could make ivy grow] See Plutarch, Life of Alexander; Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. iv. 4; and Pliny, Hist. Nat. xvi. 62.

P. 174. Alexander found no trees so accommodable to build his navy] Arrian, vii. 19.

P. 174. stand not directly, C*; om. siand, A, B, C, E; are not directly, D.

P. 175. the tree mentioned in the Canticles] The A. V. has cypress" in the margin, in both passages—i. 14 and iv. 13. The R. V. has "henna." Wiclif, following the Vulgate, has "cipresse."

P. 178. And therefore, &c.] The extract in M begins here and continues to the end.

P. 178. colours of mediocrity] Mediocres colores were all the