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etpedl from the following Flo7''ay for I pre- 

 fume not to affert that it contains every in- 

 digenous plant of the country whofe vege- 

 tables it recounts; it is fufl' ient th 5t it 

 comprehends by far the ^;r<^^^^^r/, which 

 is as much as the Flora of any country 

 can pretend to. The number of plants it 

 comprifes is not very far fliort of thirteen 

 hundred, which will furely be allowed a 

 competent foundation for an undertaking of 

 this fort* Doubtlefs there are many behind 

 undifcovered* Thefe may ferve as an incite- 

 ment to others to make new refearches, and 

 fo by degrees complete the work I have here 

 begun : and if at any time fuch refearches 

 Ihould be attended with difcoveries, and 

 thofe who make them will take the trouble 

 to communicate them to the author, fuch 

 communications fhall at all times be grate- 

 fully acknowledged. 



Should the following performance happen 

 to excite any to the ftudy of the vegetable 

 creation, it may poffibly become the fource 

 ©f much health and pleafure, by the exer- 

 cife it neceflarily promotes to the body, and 



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