PREFACE. 



m the Culture of what may be called rare as well 

 as common. 



I would 7iot be Juppofed to have fo limited a 

 Conception^ as to think that Merit does not rejl 

 elfeivhcre, this would be an ill Requital for the 

 Kindnefs and GeneroJit)\ with which I have been 

 treated in the different Countries I vijited^ whofe 

 Science has been cheerfully communicated^ and e?!- 

 abled me to tranfplant a -Treafure to my Country^ 

 and there to cidtivate T^hings unattempted before. 



I hope If jail be pardoned if I fioidd mention^ 

 that thefe my Labours may not be iinwortlyy the 

 Attention of thofe^ whofe Countries and Clime ap- 

 proach in fome Degree to Scotland, where the 

 Seafons arefoarp^ attended with great Moifures^ 

 turbulent Winds^ and chilling Blafts^ from its 

 Vicinity to the Weflern and Atlantic Oceans. 



Mr. Miller, (of whom Imuft always retain 

 the highefl Senfe, both for the K?iowledge I have 

 receivedfrom his Labours^ and more particularly 

 that Friendjhip and Communicativenefs with 

 which he always treated tne) is bleffed with a 

 more favourable Situation in the Progrefs of his 

 Experiments., by enjoying the kind Influence of 

 the Sun, (the Parent of Vegetation) in fo high a 

 Degree., as to have the Vine in full Ripenefs on the 

 natural Wall, without the Afijiance of Art ; and 

 could we all experience the fame PeliLiiy, I need 

 A i not 



