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BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS.
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Dec, 1797; d. Sheffield, 24 Sept., 1872. "Simpler and field botanist." 'Lichenes Britannici,' 1835-7. 'Flora of Roche Abbey' in Aveling's 'Roche Abbey,' 1870. 'Flora of Sherwood Forest' in White's 'Worksop,' 1875. Pritz. 32; Jacks. 243; Joun. Bot. 1872, 384; Naturalist, iv. 206 (1838-9); Pharmaceut. Journ. 3rd ser. iii. 394; Reliquary, xi. (1871) 212; Boase; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 304. Lecidea Bohleri.

Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884): b. London, 4 Jan., 1796; d. Twickenham, 22 Aug., 1884. Bookseller and Publisher. Edited Gordon's 'Pinetum,' 1880. Jacks. 524; Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 283; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 304.

Bollar, or Bollard, Nicholas (fl. 1500?). Of Oxford. "A Tretee of Nicholas Bollard departed in three parties: 1. Of gendryng of Trees, 2 of graffynge, the third forsoth of altracions." MSS. Cotton MS., Jul. D. viii. 11; Addit. MS. 5467. Pult. i. 23-24; Haller i. 232; Tanner Bibl. Brit. 110; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 324.

Bolton, James (fl. 1775-95). Of Halifax. 'Filices Britannicæ,' 1785-90. 'History of Funguses about Halifax,' 1788-91. Plants in Watson's History of Halifax, 1775. Drew plates for Relhan's 'Fl. Cantabrigiensis.' Pritz. 33; Jacks. 524; Monthly Review, vols. lxxvi., lxxix. and 2nd ser. viii.; Dict. Nat. Biog. V. 327.

Booth, Thomas J. (fl. 1853). Nephew of Nuttall. Collected seeds of Rhododendrons in Assam and Bhotan. Journ. Bot. 1853, 353. Bot. Mag. 6, 7149. Rhododendron Boothii Nutt

Booth, William Beattie (c. 1804-74): b. Perthshire, c. 1804 d. London (?), 18 June, 1874. A.L.S., 1825. At Chiswick 1824-30. Assistant Secretary R. Hort. Soc. from 1858-74 'Illustrations of Camellieæ,' 1831. Contributed to 'Bot. Register,' &c. Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 838; Proc. Linn. Soc 1874-5, xxxvii.

Boott, Francis (1792-1863): b. Boston, Mass., 26 Sept., 1792; d. London, 25 Dec, 1863. M.D. Edin., 1824; F.L.S., 1819. Sec. L.S., 1832-39; Treas., 1856; V.P., 1861. Lecturer on Bot., Webb St. School of Medicine, 1825. 'Illustrations of the Genus Carex,' 1858-67. Massachusetts pl. in Hookerian Herb., Kew. Pritz. 35; Jacks. 524; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1864, xxiii; Gard. Chron. 1864, 51; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 393. Oil copy of portr. by Gambardella and photo, at Linn. Soc. Portr. at Kew.

Borlase, Rev. William (1696-1772): b. Pendeen, Cornwall, 2 Feb., 1696; d. Ludgvan, 31 Aug., 1772. M.A. Oxon., 1719. Ordained, 1719. D.C.L. Oxon., 1766; F.R.S., 1751. Rector of Ludgvan, 1722. 'Natural History of Cornwall,' 1758. Pult. i. 355-6; Nich. Anecd. iii. 78, 689; v. 291-3; Nich. lllustr. iv. 227, 445, 460, 468; Gent. Mag. lxxiii., pt. ii., 1114-7; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 398.

Borrer, William (1781-1862): b. Henfield, Sussex, 13 June, 1781; d. Henfield, 10 Jan., 1862. F.L.S., 1805; F.R.S., 1835. Had a salicetum. Contrib. largely to E. Bot. 'English Botany Supplement.' 'Lichenographia Brit.' (w.