LANDSCAPE 



'Tis State employment : You a book compile 



That musters all the Natives of this Isle. 



And forein herbs surpriz'd in English ground 



Are taken Prisoners and together Bound. 



The Plants so neatly are describ'd, th' are known 



Better by these your leaves, than by their own. 



If men would view their roots too, here they'l see 



Them in their unstrain'd Etymologic. 



Here Plants collected are, and publish' d ; thus 



You gather Plants, not for your selves but us. 



We'd crown your worth with Garlands but the flowrs 



That we combine, must be your own, not ours. 



When Garden Plants shall dye, yours most shall thrive 



And shall preserve, themselves, and you alive. 



WILLIAM HAWKINS to Dr. Stephens and Mr. Browne 

 on their Catalogue. 



iaar 



Farrand Olff 



