APPENDIX. 
_ Concerning the Virruss of PLANTS, 
which have not yet been tried, 
S the Intent of this Work is truly to 
be of Ufe to Mankind, the Author, 
© who is defirous of making that Utility, 
pyo-Of) Oe. as extenfive as poffible, cannot clot 
SX it without obferving, that notwith- 
anding the great deal that is known of the Vir- 
tues of Engi/h Plants, there is certainly a great 
_ deal more unknown; and there is Room for great 
of 
» Difcoveries. 
The Plants mentioned in this Work are only. 
four or five hundred, and not.all thefe of Englifp 
Growth: If they were, they would yet be but a 
very fmall Number in Proportion to the whole. 
The Catalogue of thofe native of our own Coun-. 
try, as publifhed by Mr. Ray, amounting to many 
thoufands: Great Numbers therefore remain yet 
untried. : ae 
— To what Purpofe can a Man devote the Hours: 
of his Jueifure better, than to the difcovering a- 
- mong the Number of the unregarded Virtues: 
whick ‘may farther fupply the Catalogue. of our 
own Remedies, and make the Roots and Seeds 
brought from remote Countries, lefs_neceffary. 
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