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private curious Perfons, inand about Holland i as we fee 
now accordingly performed. Of feme of thofe he pre- 
fents us with both Defcriptions and Figures, of others 
with Defcriptions only, and of others which had been 
before defcribed, but not delineated with Figures, refer- 
ing us for their Defcriptions to their fir ft Authors. Of 
the firft Kind, this'Work contains more than an Hundred 
Species, digeftcd in an Alpi^^betical Order. The Au- 
thor intended a Second and Third Century, for which 
he had prepared Materials, having cau(ed many more 
Plants to be drawn by Hand, v/hich are not as yet en- 
graven, a Catalogue whereof the Editor hath added to 
the end of the Book, which it were to be defired, fome. 
PubUck-fpirited Perfons or Societies would, be at the 
Charge cf cutting in Brafs, that fo great a Treafijre be 
not wholly fupprtfTed and loft. 
All that 1 ftiall or need fay of this Piece is, That the 
Defcriptions are very accurate, and fufScient alone to 
lead us into a certain and unerring Knowledge of the 
Plants defcribed, and withal concife, and not encumbred. 
with fuperfJuous and unne'ceffary Stuff, which obfcures 
• rather than illuftrates ; and that the Icons ^re anfwerable 
to the Defcriptions, not needing their Afliflance to give 
us a certain Idea of the Species they reprelept ; to which 
I may add, that they are fb exadtly delineated and curi- 
oufly engraven, that for their Elegancy alone, they may 
invite the Curious in Sculpture to purchafethe Book. 
But befide the SubjeA of the Work, that is, the De- 
fcriptions of the more rare Plants therein contained, the 
Author gives us fome remarkable Obfervations by the by, 
as^. 19, An exaG Divifion of MallowSy or Malva- 
r^fz/j Plants 5 v^ hich he diftinguillies into Two Kinds ,* 
I. Such as bear naked Seeds. 2. Such as bear Seeds 
encloftd in Cafes or Vcfiels. To this laft kind he appro- 
priates the Name of Altlma^ referring the common 
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