Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Blackburne, John

by George Thomas Bettany

BLACKBURNE, JOHN (1690–1786), botanist, of Orford, near Warrington, maintained an extensive garden, including very many exotic species. A catalogue was published by his gardener, Adam Neal, at Warrington, in 1779.

[Gent. Mag. lvii. 204.]

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