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SECT. III. 



DireElions for bringing over Seeds and 

 Plants from diftant Countries. 



Nor ev'ry plant on ev'ry foil will grow ; 



The fallow loves the watry ground, and low; 



The marines, alders : Nature feems t' ordain 



The rocky cliff for the wild afli's reign ; 



The baleful yew to northern blafts affigns ; 



To mores the myrtles ; and to mounts the vines [c) 



EVERY part of the world has its peculiar pro- 

 ductions; and in no objects of natural hif- 

 tory, is the variety more entertaining, and im- 

 portant than horticulture. 



The gardens of the curious have already been 

 enriched with many valuable acquifitions from 

 diftant countries ; but many attempts alfo to in- 

 troduce feveral other plants equally rare, have 

 been unfuccefsfully made, owing to the bad ftate 

 of the feeds or plants when firft procured, or 

 the method of difpofing of them during long 



(c ) Nec vero terra? ferre omnes omnia poflunt. 

 Fluminibus falices, craffifque paludibus alri 

 Nafcuntur, fteriles faxofis montibus orni. 

 Littora myrtetis fetiffima : denique apertos 

 Bacchus amat colles ; aquilonem et frigora taxi. 



VlRG. G. II. IO9. 



voyages ; 



