the PREFACE. xi 



Garijfctos in France and other Countries a- 

 6oi?nd, is in fotne meafure difcoverable from 

 thofe Plans an<3LPerfpedives that are brought 

 over from thence ^ but this 1 hope amply tq 

 fupply in fome fhort time, and to draw the 

 magnificent Idea s of thofe Natibns into a Vo- 

 lutne by it felf. 



In the mean time, I proceed on a kind of 

 pxtenfive Gardning, not yet much us'd 

 with us, to which I fuppofe thofe Obferva- 

 tiom I fhall there make will be very proper 

 Addenda's^ the chief Benefit accruing from 

 thence being in Water-works and Statues, 

 Fruits, &c. 



This being premised, I proceed to the 

 Book itfelf : And that I might the better in- 

 troduce what I had to fay in Gard'ning, I 

 Ji^ve commenc'd my Difcourfe from its Ori- 

 ginal, from the Beginning of the World, and 

 the, firft Date of Time itfelf, and by a fuc- 

 cinft Deduftion brought it down to this pre- 

 fent Time, a Time very memorable for thes 

 Figure Gard'ning makes amongft other Arts 

 and Sciences. i 



In the Bufinefs of Gard'ning, to proceed 

 methodically. I have laid down plainly the 

 Nature of Earth, Water, the Sun and Air, 

 (the Operative, Meteorological Powers of 

 Nature) and the Method by which they con- 

 fpire together in the Growth of Trees, and 

 the ftupendous Arcana of Vegetation : This 

 is intermixt with Diredions for making Ma- 

 gazines for the Improvement of thofe two 

 '^ kinds 



