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16. Of herbs with bulbous roots, those of their 



ft.iiitAft.'d, and of herbs with flowers, that 



Laic six or more petala or coloured 

 leaves. 



17. Of herbs whose flowers are composed of 



several flowers. 



To the introduction are attached eleven plates 

 of shells, crabs, &c. and a map, and to the body 

 of the work one hundred and thirty-four plates of 

 plants, they are all double folio, mounted on guards 

 in the centre, and are executed by Michael Vander- 

 gutcht, in the best style of that period, and are 

 a proof of the wealth and munificence of the 

 author. 



It was not till 1725 that Sir Hans had leisure 

 to put the second volume to press, though the 

 greater part of the plates for it were engraved at 

 the time the former appeared ; having, says he, 

 " a multiplicity of business in the practice of 

 physic, which I esteem one of my first cares, and 

 must be minded if the lives of persons be regarded 

 with due attention to the several symptoms and 

 changes of their diseases." He acknowledges 

 the favours he had received from the king in the 

 following dedication to George I. 



