PREFACE, xvll 



fcxpecH: from the following Flora, for I pre» 

 fume not to alTert that it contains every in- 

 digenous plant of the country whofe vege- 

 tables it recounts ; it is fufficient that it 

 comprehends by far iht greateji part, which 

 is as much as the Flora of any country 

 can pretend to. The number of plants it 

 comprifes is not very far fliort of thirteen 

 hundred, which will furely be allowed a 

 competent foundation for an uiiaertnking of 

 this fort. Doubtlefs there are many behind 

 undifcovered. Thefe may ferve as an incite- 

 ment to others to make new refearches, and 

 fo by degrees complete the work I have iiere 

 begun : and if at any time fuch refearches 

 fhould be attended with difcoveries, and 

 thofe who make them will take the trouble 

 to communicate them to the author, fuch 

 communications {liall at all times be grate- 

 fully acknowledged. 



Should the following performance happen 

 to excite any to the fludy of the vegetable 

 cr'^ation, it may poffibly become the fource 

 of much health and pleafure, by the exer- 

 cife it neceffarily promotes to the body, and 

 b the 



