The PREFACE 
‘Parts of America, axbich axe danit nat will be fannd equa! to anj ace bave b,ul 
gnaxing among tu. 
And TbirHy, by tbefi Means axe Jball be fnrnijbcd axitb a greater Varisty uf 
Timbcrs for tbe tnany different Ufies in Life, atibieb vili be a Matter ofno fmall 
Gmfiequence to as ; as a/Jis tnany Planis may be bereby naluralized axitb us, tbat 
may be fotind of great Ufi in Medicine. 
Andi/ may nat be amifs here to add, tbat from tbe Variety o/Trees, Plants, 
Flowers, &c. axbich axe bebotd tranjplanlcd from tbe different Parts of ibis 
Terraqueous Globe, axe Jball be led to admire tbe great and boiinleons Auibor of 
Nature, axbobas Icflfiarce anySpot ofEarlb inlirelyunfurnijbed-, nay, eventbe 
diy. and, in a niannerjmren Rocks of Africa and America liare their feaieral Planis, 
axbich are by tbe ConflrulUon of their Parts axondcrfuUy adapted lo groae achere 
tbey tan receiaie bnt a fmall Share of their Nonrijbment from tbe Eartb, axben alfo 
at tbe fame Time tbey are deprhed of tbe benign Influentes of Slioaxers, and are 
nolaxitbjlandiug ibis fi Jlrong and robujl, as eaien to defie tbe fmcbing Ream of 
tbe Sun lo injure them ; tbefi Plants ave fee are not only of vaflly different 
Natares, bul alfi vary as mueb in their outasard Appearance, fo ibat'by tbe 
Proditiis of different Climates, axe bebold, as it avere, a nero World. 
Supposing avbal bas been fitid, as to tbis Pari ofottr Work, /afficient, axe 
Jball in tbe nexi Place advertize tbe Publick, avbat may be expeUed in tbe 
fucceeding Parts. 
W'k dejign, in tbe next Place, to prefintyou acitb a Catalogite of ficis Trees 
and Plants, as are preferased in tbe Greenbottfes of tbe feaieral Gardeners near 
London, axbich maybe preferased tbn tbe Winter, atlithoul tbe Expeme ofarlifi- 
And in tbe nexi Place asse Jball proceed to treal of fucb tendor Exoticks axbich 
are prefirved in tbe Stores, axitb an Account cf tbt fiveral 'Degetis of lient, in 
axbicb eaeb particnlar Piant deligbls. 
Tiies me Jball exbibit a Catalogne of all tbe aiariotts Elavers, axbich are 
proper Furniture far tbe fiveral Parts of a Pleafire-Garden, acitb their varicus 
Seafins of Floatxring, and tbe proper Sotls and Sitaations in axbich eaeb Species 
is found to tbrive bejl. 
And Io eaeb of tbefi Parts axe Jball add fime Plates of neax or atrioris 
Kinds, axbicb Jball be numberd on prngrcJJivcly to ficceed tbefi axbicb are add.-d 
to ibis Jrff Piece, axbich ve mii/l tale ibis Opportunity to acquaint tbe Rcader 
avere intended fir tbe nxbole Work, and acere accordingly numberd accordiug to 
tbeir Alpbabetical Order, axbicb batb brougbt in taxo or tbree Plates into tbis 
Pan, axbicb axottld not bave been added hercto, bnt only heing unosilling to 
break into tbeir Numbers, axe ralber cbofe fi to do, boping tbe Reader vili 
excttfe tbis liltle Irregularity. 
At tbe Conclujionof tbis la/l Piece axeJball gi ve an Explanation of tbe fiveral 
Abbreanationsof tbe Botanick Antbors, qrnted tbrd tbe nxbole Work, nxitb tbe 
particnlar Ediltons of tbeir Works here quoted. 
