Chap. 1/ of GARDMNG.e^r. 6^ 



pocereft Cedars in Libarius : And concludes, 

 in the words of the Pfalmifi^ All thy Works pfai. cxiv. 

 pall praife thee^ Lord^ and thy Saints io>^^> 

 jhall blefs thee : they pall /peak of thy King- '''' '^' 

 dom^ and talk of thy Power. To make known 

 to the Sons of Men his mighty A£fs^ and the 

 glorious ?najejly of his Kingdom. Thy Kingdom 

 is an everldjling Kingdom^ and thy Dominion 

 endureth throughout all Generations. 



To return from this beautiful Digreflion : 

 I cann*t but recommend to Perfons of my own 

 Profeflion, the Study of Vegetative Philofo^ 

 phy ^ for their Praftice being confiderably 

 more than any Gentleman's can poflibly be, 

 what Advances may they not foon make? 

 The only Difficulty is, the Abftrufenefs of 

 its Terms 5 which 1 fliall, fome time or 

 other, take an Opportunity of Explaining, 

 and of reducing the Opinions of the Antients 

 and Moderns, on the Arcana of Vegeta- 

 tion. 



But 1 muft not pafs over the Charader of 

 one of the beft of Matters as well as Garden- 

 ers, I mean the Right Honourable the Lord 

 William Rujfel^ Son to the then Earl o{ Bed- Lord Kuf- 

 ford, which I chufe to place next to the laft ^^^' 

 Lord mention'd, on account of their SuflFer- 

 ings in the fame Caufe. I (hall not pretend 

 to touch upon the Matter of their unhappy 

 Fall, that being fet in a true Light by other 

 Hands 5 it fhali fuffice me to fay, as I had it 

 from a near and dear Relation, That by the 

 Lofs of that zealous Affertor of the Liberties 

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