XIV PREFACE* 



fessor Martyn> will prove extremely ser- 

 viceable. 



Having thus explained the use and in- 

 tention of the present work, perhaps a 

 few remarks on the recommendations of 

 the study of Botany, besides what have 

 already been suggested, may not here be 

 misplaced. 



I shall not labour to prove how delight- 

 ful and instructive it is to 



" Look through Nature up to Nature's God." 



Neither, surely, need I demonstrate, 

 that if any judicious or improved use is to 

 be made of the natural bodies around us, 

 it must be expected from those who dis- 

 criminate their kinds and study their pro- 

 perties. Of the benefits of natural sci- 

 ence in the improvement of many arts, 

 no one doubts. Our food, our physic, 

 our luxuries are improved by it. By the 

 enquiries of the curious new acquisitions 



