The PREFACa 
and hin? itnbarrnfsd eitbir ly civit Tiiffentions, domefick or fortign Opprejfvms, 
icere fi impbtyd in tbe Management of tbe Sncord and Rt/a, ibat tbere -eas bul 
bule Lcifure in ttji tb: Spade and tbe Prming-knife. 
Ai i r uropc, nay, tbe grratcfi ‘Pari af tbe Univerfe, being ovcr-rtln witb 
Jiarbanty and Barretlnefs, if nat a 'eta! llearib of Arts and / trlifts, liti •witbin 
a feno Centuries, tbe Arts muli needs lie nnhnprov d, and Artifls be luit veryfcv' 
and mean, far IVant of Mota: us'j and genentis Emouragns, and tbente bave 
lain in a manner negURed till •witbin a Century or luo 5 tbe Revivat of estbicb 
Jeemi Io bave Iven left 10 adarn tbe bappy /lge m tunc Uve in. 
Upon tbefe and tnany otber Confrier aiions ibat migbl h urged, it is 
uot 10 he admired at, ibat Hortiarlrurc, among otber Arts, Jliould lie fi loug 
domant, and make but Utile ‘Progrcfs, liU ncitbin tbe Compafs of oue Century 
pajl, ibat tbe Royal Socicty, or tbat fiunded ly Sir Thorius Grcfhiun for tbe 
Improvement of natura / Knowledge, mas favontd and encouraged by King 
Charles II. fora vihence bave proceeded tnany ufefnl Difioveries in varicus 
Pharnomcna s of Nature, and among tbe rrjl into tbat of VegetaUcs j and 
ncitbin tbe Space of Jifty Tears, tbe praBicnl Part of Gardening began lo 
r°"ae ont of tbe long Letbargy it bad lain in, and efpeeially on tbe commg of 
King Villiam III. and bis Royal Confert, oebofe Genius and Ittcliuation lo 
tbe immeent and deligblful ‘JJivertifrments of a Garden, animated otbers to 
imitate tb.-ir Ux.mples, mbicb gave Encouragemcitt to tbofi Artitis me then 
bad, to ixert tbemfehes, to trace tbe Operationi of vegelative Kature in all 
her various Mazes, and lo this we ove tbe ufeful •Performantis of a Malpighius, 
a Grew, a Ray, &c. 
The Way being thus pavd for tbe Improvement of Gardening, tbe Profits 
tbat do acine, and tbe imioccttt DeUgbts to he enjoy d in a well-difposd and 
artfuUy-managed ffruit, Kilcben. and Pleafure-Garden, bave allured tnany learned 
and cttrious Per fons, Nohilily and Gcnlry. lo encourage this proftalile and deligh- 
ful Art, and tbefe bave not contented themfelves vilb tbe narrow Compafs, and 
mean Stoek af our former poor/y-furnijb'd Gardens ; Int tbey bave indttfrioufy 
procurcd from abroad, Trees, planis, Ebncers, and Fntils, not onty jrom our 
onen Plantationi in America, but tbofi alfe of otber Parts of Europe, nay, even 
Afia and Africa. 
Among tbefe generosis Procttrers of Planis, &c. and Encouragers of 
Gardening, oce cautforbear ntevlioning tbe faUcmingvortby Perfins, from wbofi 
Gcnerofties tbe feveral Englijb Gardens bave beeu fupplied ncith a great Nnmber 
of Trees, Planis, Eltmers, &c. qsthicb at prefent add to tbe beautiful Variety 
tbereof aud nvould in us be unpardonable, Jiuce ly tbcir Affifances we bave arri- 
vid to fo great a Nninber of Tbings, as to be capable of publifbing tbe fotlrming 
Catalogue. 
Ano firfi, ‘.Or. Compron late Iiifbop of London, nebo vas an early Intro- 
duccr of Jirotick ‘Trees aud Planis, tnany of nebieb icere gronvn to a confide rabie 
•Sttf in tb; open Air, in tbofi firmerly vjell-fiockd Gardens at Fullum, mofi of 
nchith bave beeu fuce dcfnyd, to tbe great Rcgret of many curious Perfins. 
