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xli The P R E F A CE 



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K7Kes^ that he might a^eep mto the 7Z 



ets : 'when I talked with the Man a 



his Refearches^ they were 



new- Kind of Mofs : He never 

 had conjidered Plants^ except to know 

 how they differ from 07te another. 



In this Situation^ when Kiwwledge is 

 perplexed with unintelligihle "TermSy and 

 the Memory of the Student confotmded 

 with a Multiplicity of Names'^ when the 



Ignorafit only^ who have writte7t con 

 cerni?ig Plants^ have given themf elves 

 any Trouble about their Virtues ; when 

 Phyjic is beco77iing i7ttirely chymical^ and 

 a thciifa77d Lives are throw7t away daily 



by thefe Medici7ieSy which 77 light he fave 

 by a better PraBice\ it appeared a ufeful 



Undertakings tofeparate the 7iecejfary 

 fro7n the frivolous K7iGwledge ; a7td to 

 lay before thofe who are incli7ied to do 

 Good to their diflrejfed Fellow-Creatures 

 all that it is 7jecejfafy for thcTn 

 of Botany for that Purpofe^ and that 

 in the moji fa7niliar Ma7mer ; and 



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add to thisy what Experie72ce has C07, 



frnied of the 7na?iy Things written 



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