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tend ray dl regions fo plain, as if appointed for tnc 

 inli ruction of lome Av tills rude and untaught Ap- 

 prentice: and the fecond's,if not io homely, yet as ca- 

 lie ?nd evident, being a little diiguiled v\ich any 

 thing intended for the ufe of Philoib^hy, when o* 

 vergarmihed with Rhetorical 1 ropes , which like 

 Flo. vers thick in a Window for whatfoever intended 

 (either cheat or ornament) certainly create a dark- 

 iiefs in the place. Behmenical, Paracelfian, and fticft 

 Phrafe as many Ai'chimifts ufe, Imuftforthc fame 

 retifon avoid. 



In the drawing up the Inventary, I will fludy that 

 it may be true in all parts, Jnd not to mingle, accord- 

 ing to the example of Pifafc Meeker, Porta, and ma- 

 ny more, both Latine and'i nglifn Writers, any falfe 

 relation, without its diilingui thing Character; and 

 if it be not perfecT, it fhall be for want of skill, ot 

 pre lent remembrance of particulars. 



The end of the Artift is to Propagate and Improve t 

 To propagate, is to multiply the individuals of each 

 kinde : And to improve, is to bring them, bemg 

 popagated, to a more then ordinary excellency ana 

 loodnefs; The ways of increafng the particulars of 

 each kinde, are, i. ly Seed, 2. Fy bff-fetj takeii 

 from a Mother-Plant. 3. By laying the Branch of a 

 gloving Plant down into the Farth, 4. Iy bearing 

 up a Soil to it. 5. Ey J terns fet without roots* And 

 Jallly, Ey the various ways Of grafting and mlV 

 tions. 



Concerning all thefe, as likewife the preferv:tioa 

 and melioration of things propagated, 1 ihall endea- 

 vor to enumerate what Plants may be increafed by 

 each of thefe ways, and to (hew how the operation 

 feeach may be perfarnied, and what the product is 



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