been introduced by Robert James Lord Petre, but the times when are utterly forgot; to remedy, as much as possible, this inconvenience, they are always stated as having been introduced before 1742, the time of his Lordship's death.
Mr. Miller, in his Dictionary, often mentions Plants as having been sent to him by Dr. Houstoun, but he frequently omits the time when he recieved them; these, therefore, are in like manner stated as having been introduced before the period of the Doctor's decease, which happened in 1733.
As the figure of Calceolaria Fothergillii differs a little from the description, it is necessary to mention, that the description was made in 1779, from a weak Plant, the first that flowered in England; and that the plate is from a drawing, taken since the letter-press was printed, from a strong healthy plant: hence it is also, that no reference is made in the text to this figure.
