IV 



The PREFACE. 



^xtee?t 'Thoufand\ nay fo far will a 



Senfe of Utility get the better of the 

 Pride of ?nere Curiofty^ that he fljould 



fupfofe this a Tiling f refer able to he 



of him J to the having difcovered 

 fome unknown Species j to having picked 

 from the Bottom of fome Pond^ an U7i- 

 defcrtbed Conferva, or to having fetched 

 front the mofi re^note Parts of the Worlds 

 a Kind of Tree Mofs^ with Heads larg- 

 er than thofe at Home, 



It grieves a Man of public Spirit an 



Humamity^ to fee thofe Thi?igs which are 



the Means alone of ' the Advantages of 



Mankind fudied^ while the Kitd^ that 

 Advantage itfelf is forgotten. And 



i7z this View he will regard a Cul- 

 pepper, as a more refpe&able Perfon^ 

 than a Linnieus or a DiHenius. 



That Bota7iy is a7i tfeful Study is 

 plain \ becaufe it is in vain that we 

 hiGw Betony is good for Head-achsy or 

 Self-heal for TVowids^ tmlefs we can 



diflinguifj Betony and Self-heal from 



one another y aiidfo it runs through the 

 whole Study, We are taught by it to 



hnow 



