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iti fileticc ; He ad^^entuf eth to entertam the Reader with fome Thoughts oFthis nature, 
thereby taking an opportunity to alledge in their favour fome Hiftorical Obfervations, 
which ^whatever the Conjedures be thought oi, may appear to be mor« new th<ia dcf- 
picable. 
In the Three remaining Tradts, the Author 
f »'/?, treats of the temperature Sttbterraneal R.eiiom and of the Air reaching thi- 
thcr;corr p ifing the (lira of what he hath to propound, in foHr Propofitions ; viZ' That 
the firfl K egion of the Earth is very variable both as to Bounds>and as toTeraperature : 
Thai the fccond Region Teems to be for the moft part cold in comparifon of the other 
two : That in feveral places,which,by rcafon of their diftancefrom the Surface of the 
Earth one would refer to the Middle Region of it, the Temperature of the Air is very 
differing at the firac times of the Year: That the third Region of the Earth hath been 
obferved to be conftantly and fcnfibly warm,but not uniformly fo; being ia fome pla- 
ces confiderably hot. 
Secondly, of the temperature of the Suhmarint Keghns as to Heat and Cold : Wherr, 
afli^ning rothe5'?/x no more than two Regions; the one, from the fuperficics fo far 
down wards as the manifeft operation of the Beams of the Sun, or other Caufcs of 
warmth do penetrate ; the other, from thence to the bottom of the Sea : He obferveth, 
that, according to that divifion the Limits of the upper Region will not bealwaiescon- 
flant in all Cliraats> in all Scafons,and in all Weathers. And as to the Temperature of 
the Lower Region ,he taketh notice,]; hat that is generally Cold,forae few places cxcep- 
tc^^ : Coiifiiming all by confide^able relations, he procurcdfrom Sober and Creditable 
Navi5ators,andotherPcrfons,pra<ftifed in Diving.both with and without Engins. 
Tjirdly, Of tho Bottom oftheJSea', concerning which he hath enquired/rii^after the 
Inequality of the Soil there,obferved to be very gradual and abrupt : Ktxt^ after the 
g-eat prefliire of the water there againft other Bodies : Lazily, after the Tranquillity of 
the water thers, whether it be confiderably diftant from the Surface, 
II. CAtALOGVS PLJNtASiVM ANGLIC ^ USLSVLAKVM ai- 
jacentitim : turn tHdigenof, tarn in agris pajjim cult as comple^ens, 0/*ri Johannis Raji 
M.*A* ^ Soc, Regie Sodalls. Londini, Impen[is]. Martyn. i6']o,m iz°, 
The Idgenious and Induftrious Author of this Book,havingfome years ago publiflit 
a Catalogue of the Plants growing about Cambridge, hith. now obliged his.CoUntry, 
by prefenting it with a Catalogue of the Plants of all EHgland,and of thelfles adjacent. 
In the doirg of which, he hath fpared neither pains nor coft,tra veiling himfclf through 
all iVe coniiderable parts of thisKingdom,and fo viewing and gathering himfclf almoft 
all the Plants here dcfcribed, fome few excepted, which he faith hs hath either taken 
out o^'the beft Aurhors,or received from very creditable and ski.lfull Friends. Neither 
hath hkbetin contented to fearck and gather them hirafelf,but alfo diligently compared 
them with their Hi (lories and Figures found by BataniBs\ defcribing tnofe, which 
feemed to have been omitted by others ,and adding,with their Chara6lericalnotes,thofc 
that had been confufedly and carelefsiy delivered before. A work exceeding ufeful, 
efpecially in order to the compofing a General Hiftory of Plants, wherein they are to be 
diftrlbuted into their feveral Hamilies,according to their fpecifical Differences, (a thing 
fo necelTary to Itarn them more eafily,tounderftand them more clearly, and to remem- 
ber them more laftingly,) which Diftribution cannot be made without an accurate and 
a compleat Efii4meration amd Df/cy/prw«of the feveral Kinds of Plants, growing up and 
down in the feveral parts of the World. 
The Reader will find in this Cif^%«(?, befides the raofl: ncceflary S';'«e«/wj/i of the 
Plants here enumerated, a fummary Description alfo of their principal Vertucs ; enter- 
lacsd xfith the mention of many new Obfervations and Experiments, Medical andPhy- 
fiioiogical. And that,which exceedingly raifcth the value and endeareth the welcome of 
this Book,is-,That the Author in the Preface thereof very obligingly proraifeth a (general 
Mnhod o/^5P/jm;,togtther with the differing Charafters of their kinds and familie», 
to be publifhed by him in a fhort time,and withall(to him pofKble) accuratenefs 
.Printed for John ^,trt^>j,Pr inter to the Koyal Sscietyy at the Bell 
in Si, Fauls Church-yard, i6']0» 
