o the Reader, Ad Le&orem. 



4 Manner as will be more eafy |illas cum vulgo communican 

 to the Vunbafer, and may di, & ca quidemMethodo, quae 



ttnd ro make the Defign morel 8c Emptoribus, & totius Operis 

 Terfetl than it could have been perfe&ioni, quam prima defcri- 

 m the fir ft propofed Method. |pra Method us, longi accom- 



modatior eft 8c convenientior. 



The <Publifhing of thefe 

 Icons in Decades, will give I Edicio harum Iconum per 



Y 



me Liberty (if 1 meet with\ Decades, temporis mihi praebe 

 Encouragement) to continue\b\t fatis (fiex re mea, id labo 



the Vefigning and Engraving I ris fore perceperoj uc defcri 

 of every Succulent Plant which bantur & inlculpantur alia?Suc 



b or can be dij colter d eiffcerlculentar Plants five a meipfo, 

 by my felf or Correfpondents 5 five ab amicis detect*. Sed 



but as it will not be pojfible qucmadmodum Planrx omnes 



or me to Collet! at once all ejusClaflis una vice a me invc 



of one Tribe, fo I Jhall not be niri non potfunr, ita ratio lllas 

 capable of obferving any flritl Idifponendi in CiafTes cercas, 

 Order in the Ranging <wd|obfervare non poffumus. 



Clajjing cf them. 



Before I conclude, 1 mnft I Denique, <BeneVole LeElor^ fie 

 acquaint my %eader^ that cu tibi pcrfuadeas velim, omnes 



whatfoeVer Figures I fhatl Plants rum Imagines quas tecum 



Wublifh, will be (as near as ium communicaturus, genuina 

 1 can make them) perfeB rum Piantarum Expreffiones 



Copies of thofe flants they erunt 'quantum id fieri poflit) 

 are to reprejent, and (liall be veriffimae, 8c ab opcimiselabo- 



Engraved by the beji Hands. | ratae Scuiptoribus. 





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