Dedicator j .' 

 Lordfliip, and to all the World , by this 

 Catalogue , how well it is inftrufted 5 and 

 I dare boldly fay 3 comparing it with the 

 Catalogues of other Gardens abroad, it runs 

 up with moft of them, either for Number, 

 or Rarity of Plants: it having been my 

 Buflinefs thefe (even years paft , wherein I 

 have had the Honour to ferve the City as 

 Intendant over the Garden, to uie all Gare 

 and Induftry by farraign Correfpondence to 

 Acquire both Seeds and Plants from the Zo 

 want, Italy \ Spain, France, Holland, England^ 

 eaji and wefi Indies • and by many painful 

 Journeysin all theSeafons of the year to re- 

 cover whatever this Kingdom producech of 

 Variety, and to cultivate and preierve all of 

 them with all polTule Diligence, And of 



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