To the Reader. 
ders , that it were becter to make ule of fome of the belt 
materials, in the erecting of.a New. peice, than to repair 
and accommodate the Old, fitter to be fafhioned into 
the form: of aFlorilege ; furnifhed with allrequifites be- 
longingte 2 Florift, chan continued in the old methed of 
an Herbal, and inftead of old hames , uncertain. places, 
and little or no virtues, to infert fome other things much 
more confiderable. mSif 21S oH ! Wee | 
| And now ingeniéus Reader, having told the occalion, 
and by. what fteps I attained to this humble deoree of 
knowledge, I-fhail proceed to acquaint'you with.what 
maybe expected, eitherin Method, or Matter, from my 
performance. | . 
os Bene docet, gus bene diftinguit. ai 
« In three Books therefore, asin fo many Beds, -haveF 
ladged- Earths Beauties, each Book having a peculiar T?- 
tle, anid each Beda TutelarDeity. ie shavgres. : 
_ The fir Book; under the Title of Flora, the Flo Wery: 
Goddels , gives you feveral forms, and apt diréétions, 
hew to make, plant, preferve, and keep both Fruie and 
Flower-Gardens , furnifhed wich the choice Plantgit 
Flowers, and Fruits that will endure the extremity of out 
long Winters; defcribing all fuch as are not vulgarly 
known, witit certain andaflured direGtions how to (er 
make grow, increafe, and preferve each particular i asal’ 
fo for the raifing-of new Varieties, not taken our of 
fimple Books (che Publifhers and Retainers of many Uns 
truths ) but learned from my own Practical expe 
TIENCEs : ‘ é 
ren ere 
— 
. The fecond Book carries the Title of Ceres , the Gods 
defs of Seeds and Tillage; and the prefents you with her 
Harvelt-Garland, made up with fuch Plants and Flowers 
as are yearly, or every other year railed from Seeds, with’ 
directions for the Sowing, tran{planting , and difpofing: 
cach of them. © ‘ : The 
