A SHORT 



INTRODUCTION 



TO THE 



Science of BOTaN Y. 



/fcl^AC^ has almoft as many different 

 ^tej^& R^^i^ses as there are difFercnt 



L L the fciences have each their 

 ^^^ proper language : but Botany alone 



lan- 

 cnt au- 

 thors, each uiing names and particular phrafes, 

 to reprefent the fame plants ; and fometimes 

 the fame denomination is applied by differexnt 

 authors to different plants ; but although the 

 Nomenclature of Botany has in all times been 

 varied, yet it never was fo much altered as of 

 late years. Nev/ views have occafioned new 

 obfervations, which have enabled the modern 

 Botanifts to reiflify the denominations of the 

 antients. 



