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The Right Honourable | 
CHARLES Lod GERAR D; 
Baron of Gerards Bromley inthe County 
of Stafford. 
Ince your Honor was pleafed to 
CRC| approve the Defign I drew for 
o—J\ your then intended Garden at 
Bromley, and fearing to be pre- 
er vented through Age and other in- 
frmities of further erving your Lordfbip therein, E 
shought it my duty to give you fome account, with what 
Plants, Fruits, and Flowers tt ought to be furnifhed, 
when ycu [hall please to accompli/h that noble intend- 
ment , and baving now fnifhed this Florilege, t all 
humility I prefent tt to your honour. if it prove fo 
fortunate to be thought worthy your perufal, you 
will find it aiming at the advancement of an 
Art, as laudable as delightful,and ableto acquaint yor 
with all the glories of our beft Gardens, as alfo how to 
inflruédl your oon Gardeners, not only in the names, 
but likewife in the natures, kinds, and qualities, of . 
every Plant, Fruit,and Flower, fitto be colletbed by 
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