THE 



PREFACE: 



O R, 



INTRODUCTION. 



CHAP. T. Of the r R K it felf. 



? Kinds of c 



T 'W "W ■ "y^E Vretend not here to- an 



m/ \l fitofl Known, and r,rtuous, 

 ▼ ▼ moft Exptrimented. and 

 Vfeful in Phyfick. 'T/x « Work highly of Ufe for 

 Phyficians, Chyrurglans, and Apothecaries, ar' 

 for their Sakes, and the Fublick Good it was pru 

 cipal/y Defined and Intended. 



II. Ai to the Authors made ufe of in this Under- 

 all, 'twould be to no Purpo/e ; and yet it will be 

 Necejfary for the Credit of the Book, to give you 

 M Account of the Chief of thofe, in Treating of 

 each Plant, whofe hemes tve were obliged continu- 



(efing this liLhll','^e^''the/e' following" viz. 

 Bauhinus, Brunfelfius, Csfalpinus, Camerarius, 

 Clufius, Diofcorides, i:>odona:us, Durantes, Fuch- 

 fius, Johnfon on Gerard, Lobel ami Pena, Loni- 

 cerus, Lugdunenfis, Matthiolus, Parkinfon, Ruel- 



W Tragus. Thefe, I fay, were thoje which were 

 chiefly confuhed, and without whom, we faffed not 

 off from the Difcourfe of any Plant .- But we cannot 



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which we could not have fo Compleatly performed 

 what we here Prefent you whhall. ^ 



IV. AstotheHtfloricalPart, 



y-ated Au'hors of thts SubjeQ, viz. in their Karnes^ 

 ands, Vsfcriptions, Places of Growth, and Times 

 '' hlowering and Seeding, tn' their Nimes, ive 



nglifh ; induing of which, we hope we have in 

 me meafure retlifed the Latine Nomenclatuie, 



we have Omitted, an EngUQi Reader, may nut pqf- 

 fibly come to the Knowledge or Sight of in many 

 Ages, they growing in Foreign and Far-d,J}ant 

 Countries, as Turkey, Perfia. Eaillndia, theUo- 

 luccas, China, tfc. Befides, having no known Vir- 



andPiefcrtftions, we thought they would only take 

 chiefly defign'dfor "the ^nefit andU/e If'the 



... As to the Descriptions, we fay they are the 



ing from tiJofe m Bauhin, Clufius, Dodon'aeus, 

 Fuchfius, Gerard, Johnfon, Lugdunenfis, Matthi- 

 olus^ Faikinfon, Tabernaanontanus, tf«i Tragus: 



gin at the top or upper parts of a Plant, andfogo 

 rally begin at the Root] firft Defer ibing it,\ndfo 

 afcend upwards to its Stalks, Leaves, Branches, 



lemfi natural Order or mthol 



VII. As to the Places of the Growth of Plants, 

 they may be very uncertain, becaufe, where they 

 have been found to Grow in great plenty, informer 

 Ages or Times, the footfteps oj the fame Plant is 



ling Tears, there are no remainders of them to 

 be found. The ^Egyptian Arunn, or PleudocoJo- 



"5 ^he'remery"whereplL!ed) MformerfyGrmo 

 plentifully in j:gyp^ which J fupp.fe wasjts^ JW 



'""" ^ ufe in /Tirx^wV^nJ/'iN^r^^r j^^ 



been negleSed and' difufed : Jet lam of Opinion, 

 T't'ih7Tff1unuii'"^f^^ 



