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A P PEN D I X. 



Concerning the Virtues of PLANTS 



wiiich have not yet been tried. 



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OS the Intent of this Work is truly to 



^ be of Ufe to Mankind, the Author, 

 who is defirous of making that Utility 

 as extenfive as poflible, cannot qXo^q. 

 It without obferving, that notwith- 

 {landing the great deal that is known of the Vir- 

 tues of Englijh Plants, there is certainly a great 

 deal more unknown ; and there is Room for great 

 Difcoveries. 



■ The Plants mentioned in this "Work are only 

 four or five hundred, and not all thefe o'i Englijh 

 Growth : If they were, they would yet be but a 

 very fmall Number in Proportion to the whole. 

 The Catalogue of thofc native of our own Coun- 

 try, as publiflied by Mr. Ray^ amounting to many 

 thoufands : Great Numbers therefore remain yet 

 untried. 



To what Purpofe can a Man devote the Hours 



of his Leifure better, than to the difcovering a- 

 mong the Number of the unregarded Virtues 

 which may farther fupply the Catalogue ol our 

 own Remedies, and make the Roots and Seeds 

 brought from remote Countries, lefs neceffary. 

 ^ What 



