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 'Historia Muscorum,' 1741. First Sherardian Prof, Bot. Oxford. Pult. ii. 153; Rees; Pritz. 84; Jacks. 539; Linn. Corr. ii. 82; Rich. Corr. 209; Duce, Fl. Oxford, 381; Dict. Nat. Biog. XV. 79. Portr. at Oxford Bot. Gard.; copy at Linn. Soc. Dillenia L.

(1778-1855): b. Ipswich, 21 Aug., 1778; d. Skethy Hall, Swansea, 31 Aug., 1855. Of Walthamstow and (from 1803) Swansea. China manufacturer. F.L.S., 1800; F.R.S., 1804. M.P. for Glamorgan, 1832-41. 'British Confervæ,' 1802-7. 'Botanist's Guide' (with Dawson Turner), 1805. 'Hortus Collinsonianus,' 1743. Pritz. 84; Jacks. 540; R. S. C, ii. 295; Linn. Trans, vi. (1802); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1856, xxxvi.; Friends' Books, i. 532; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 90. Portr. at Kew. Dillwynia Sm.

(fl. c. 1800). Of Wakefield. Vet. Surgeon. Lees, 'Fl. West Yorks.' p. 99.

(fl. 1800-5). Vicar of Wigton, Cumberland, 1804. B. G. 143.

(fl. 1660-90). B.A. Camb., 1674; Oxon., 1675; M.A., 1678. Rector of Sessay, Yorkshire, 1690. Correspondent of Plukenet (Aim. 180, 201, 251). Mentioned in R. Syn. Sloane MSS. 4043-58, & 60. Plants in Hb. Sloane, xxvii. Pult. ii. 14.

(1799-1841): b. Doo Hillock, Forfar, 21 Dec, 1799; d. London, 8 Dec, 1841; bur. Kensal Green. A.L.S., 1823; F.L.S. Came to London, 1819. Employed in Chelsea Garden. Librarian to Lambert, and, from 1822, to Linn. Soc. Prof. Bot. King's College, 1836-41. 'Prodromus Floræ Nepalensis,' 1825. Conducted 'Sweet's British Flower Garden' from about 1830. Pritz. 89; Jacks. 540; R. S. C. ii. 312; Phyt. i. 133, with bibliog.; Ann. & Mag. viii. 1842, 397, with bibliog., and 478; 'Florist's Journal,' no. xxiv.; Scott. Nat. 1881, 115; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 145; Dict. Nat. Biog. XV. 204. Donia R. Br. = Grindelia. Doniophytum Wedd.

(1798-1856): b. Doo Hillock, Forfar, 17 May, 1798; d. Kensington, 25 Feb., 1856. A.L.S., 1822; F.L.S., 1831. Brother of preceding. Foreman, Chelsea, 1816-21. Collected in 'Iphigenia ' for Roy. Hort. Soc. in Brazil, W. Indies, and Sierra Leone, 1822-3. Trans. Roy. Hort. Soc. vols, v., vi., &c Article 'Botany' in Encycl. Metropolitana, 1844, w. T. Edwards. Edited Sweet's 'Hortus Britannicus,' ed. 3, and prepared 1st Supp. to Loudon's 'Encyclopædia.' 'General System of Gardening and Botany,' 1831-7. PL bought from Roy. Hort. Soc. by Mus. Brit. Pritz. 89; Jacks. 540; R. S. C. ii. 314; Proc Linn. Soc. 1856, xxxix.; Cott. Gard. xvi. 152; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 206.

(1764-1814): b. Menmuir, Kincardineshire, 1764; d. Forfar, 14 Jan., 1814; bur. Forfar. A.L.S., 1893. Father of preceding. Superintendent, Edinburgh Rot. Gard., 1802. Nurseryman, of Doo Hillock, Forfar. 'Acct. of Plants of Forfar' 1812. 'Herbarium Britannicum' (fasciculi) 1804-6.