EDITOR'S PREFACE. xi 

 hi (lory, and particularly a botanical and ceco- 

 nomical defcription of graffes b . 



As I have met with great encouragement 

 and generous affiflance in the tranflation of 

 this work, from many gentlemen of great 

 worth, whofe names would be an ornament, 

 was I permitted to mention them ; I take this 

 opportunity to acknowledge in a public man- 

 ner the great obligations 1 feel myfelf under ; 

 and that the remembrance of them will not 

 be obliterated, but will ever fill my heart with 

 the warmed fentiments of gratitude. 



k The firfr. part of this work, already publifhed, contains 

 twenty coloured plates, and twenty-feven different graffo, 

 with a large introduction to the ftudy of this branch of 

 botany: and very accurate defcriptions of each kind, to- 

 gether with remarks on the cultivation, ufes, and foil pro- 

 per for each fpecies. 



bs PREFACE 



