Dedicatory* 



He that will ittti fir ate the excellency ofthu 

 order, may eajily fail upon fo fa** * SubjeS 9 

 wherein we have not affrighted the common 

 Reader with any other Diagramms^ then of 

 itfelf$ and have inditflritujlj declincdittH- 

 flrationsfrw* rare and unknown plants. 



Tour difcernin% judgement fo well acquain 

 ted with that ftudy, will expeS herein no 

 mathematical! truths^ zs well understanding 

 how few generalities and h V fioita's there 

 are in nature. UwScdigetbathftmndex* without cx- 

 ccftionsin wo ft Vaiverfals ^f Ariftotle and 

 Theophraftus. Hm Botanicall Maxima 

 waft have fair allowance * and are tolerably 

 currant, if not intolerably wer-battancedbj 

 exceptions. 



Y0* have wifely ordered your vegetable 

 delights, beyond the reach of exception, ite 

 ?wks vehopajji their dayes in gardens here 9 

 will have Gardens al/o hereafter, and de 

 lighting in Flowers on earth, ntufl have Lil- 

 lies and Rofes in Heaven* In Garden De- 

 lights *t?s not eafie to held a Mtdiocritf 5 that 

 insinuating pleafnre isfeldome without fome 

 extremity. The Antiexts mentally delight- 

 edinfloHrifoingGarJens^ Many were Flo- 

 rifts that knew not the true ufe of a flower 5 

 And in Plinies Jajes none hadtiirefiljr trea 

 ted 



