Chap. I. of CARD NING, &c. 5^ 



This Ingenious and Learned Perfon, like 

 another Virgil, was appointed for the Retrie- 

 ving the Calamities of England^ and re- 

 animating the Spirit of his Country-men, 

 for their Planting and Sowing of Woods, as 

 that wherein confifted their Strength and 

 Security, in the Continuance of their Wooden 

 Walls, and thofe floating Caftles that were 

 by Nature defigned to fecure their Com- 

 merce, to vifit diftant Nations to fetch home 

 their Riches, and in fhort, to make them 

 (without inteftine Divifions) the moft for- 

 midable Nation in the World. How he has 

 acquitted himfelf, is very well known at 

 prefent, his Books being in the Hands of 

 moft of the Learned 5 and 'tis to be hoped 

 they will be continued down to the lateft 

 Pofterity amongft the moft ingenious and 

 ufeful Writings. 



Neither was his Labour lefs in Matters 

 nearer relating to Gard'nivg^ in his Tranfla- 

 tions, and in his Kakndarium Hortenfe, (of 

 which, as I have before intimated, he took 

 the Pattern from Palladius.) He tranflated 

 Quintinyes Compleat Gardener^ with another 

 fmaller Trad, from the French^ was in his 

 time the beft Linguift, and to him it is 

 owing that Gardening can fpeak proper Eng- 

 liJJ). His Philofophical Difcourfe of Earth, 

 is accounted amongft the beft Writings of 

 the Royal Society. 



As he begun, fo he continued 'till his 

 Death, a great Lover and Obferver of Gar- 

 dening 5 



