The P Ii E F A C E 
\\ hsk ibis Workfiat be complealed, ace Jball procet i lo gm a conple.il 
Account oj a!l Ibe va/itable Fruns nmc groaciug in tbc Englifh Gardens, togetbcr 
mlb 'Jhrcflions for tbeir different Methodi of‘Fruning, &c. as nlfooftbe fevcr.il 
Nomes by wbicb one and Ibe fime Fruil is called in different Couniries, andeven in 
“T/TL N " r fi r ff s ”‘ a ! L 001 !"". m Ibe greal ‘Perplexily of ali Lemrs of tbis 
ujeful 'Fari of Gardcnmg. 
T n i s intend to cmbellijb aciib exaCt Delineations of ibe different Sorts of 
good Fruns cnrioufly engraven on Copper-Flales, and aftcrocnrds paintcd in tbetr 
proper Colours, dane by very good Hands, from ibe original ‘Draacinas none in 
Ibe !‘Poffeffion of tbe Sociely. 
I n all acbicb one promife ibe ‘Ptiblick lo be as carefid as poffiblc, not to lead 
Ihen, iulo Mjtakes; nor ovili aoe mention any parlicular Trec, Plane, Flower, 
or Fruit, ovbicb is not in our tmen Gardens. 
■ A ? D ‘"^"'orrnder Ibis Work as compleat as poffble, ace defire tbeu a,y 
Ingeniolis Ferjons , nebo may bave any Tbing nfefid lo conimnnicate thal tbey 
nould genero jflj do il, and ibe Famour Jball be tbankfilly receieed and gralefully 
Thomas Fairchild 
Robcrt Futbcr 
John Alfton 
Obadiah Lowc 
Philip Millcr 
John Thompfon 
Chriftophcr Cray 
Francis Hunt 
Snrnuel Drivcr 
Moles James 
William Hood 
Richard Cole 
William Welftead 
Bcnjamin WhitmiU 
Samucl Hunt 
John James 
Stcphcn Bacon 
William Spencer 
