partition of Philofophy, complains of the want of at} Xn- 

 ventary of what in any fub;e&s by Nature and Art is 

 certainly, and may be undoubtedly wrought. / be- 

 lieve his Lordfhip hath had many of his mindc in for- 

 mer, has now, and is likely to have in future ages ; 

 for amongft thofe few Writings extant on thefe Sub- 

 jects, fome prove altogether ufelefs, as being io full 

 of their natural Magick and Romantick Stories, that 

 we know no more what to credit in thofe Relations, 

 in the Natural, then what in civil Hiilory we may be- 

 lieve of King ^Arthur ; (jay of fVarmcl^ in ours ; 

 or of Hsctsr and Priam in the Trojan Story: O- 

 thers elevated in their Fancies, write in a Language 

 of their own, addreffing their Difcourfe to the Sons 

 ot Art, fpeaking rather to amufe, than inftftiS, and 

 prove like blazing Stars, that diftra& many, and di- 

 re3 few. 



Many of thofe who would write for Univerfal Iri- 

 ftru&ion, either know the things that might make up 

 the rmtter of their Hiilory , but want the skill to 

 draw up fuch an Inventory, as his Lordfhip requires, as 

 common Tradefmen and Artifans ; or elfe indeed 

 are learned enough to draw up the writing, but ftand 

 aloof from the knowledge of moft of the particulars 

 therein to be ingroft ; which is the ordinary cafe of 

 us, fuch of us as have pretentions to Scholarlhip. 



I being neceffitated by my obligations and refpeft 

 to a Perfon truly Noble, to give fome account of the. 

 particular' effects of Man, co-operating with nature, 

 in the matrer of our Englifh Vegetables, as they are 

 ixfcprove<j by Husbandmen and Gardiners, deiire to 

 unaert?keno mo"e, but rogive a fince re endeavour, 

 That the w ay of the Artuibefet down, and the ef- 

 fe&of Nature thereon ; huhefirft of which, I in- 

 tend 



