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the truth of this, I hope the fe worthy Gentle- 

 men who were named Overfeers to the Gar- 

 den, will bear me Wimefs. Neither do I 

 need here to trouble your Lordfhip with a 

 rehea'fal of the Advantages that from this 

 Defi^n accrues to the whole Nation , and 

 more efpecially to this Place, befides the Or- 

 nament thereof} for now it plainly appears 

 that many of thefe Simples that were wanting 

 here 3 and therefore yearly brought from a- 

 bread, because of their llfirful.iefs in Phyfick, 

 may now by Induft.y and Culture be had in 

 plenty at home. And it is evident that, the 

 Apo r hecaries Apprentices could never be 

 competently inftru&ed in the Knowledge of 

 Simples ( which neceflarly they ought to be ) 

 before the -ETtabliihing of this Garden 3 fo# 

 now they may learn more in one Summer, 

 then formerly it was pollible for them to do 



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