6B C H A P T E R 5- 
Dr. Turner's Herbar' is printed m 
the black letter, agreeably to the general 
ufage of the times, and is embelli£hed with 
the figures of mofl of the plants he de« 
fcribes. 
The arfangem^nt is alphabetical, accord- 
ing to the Latin names j and, after the de- 
fcription, he frequently fpecifies the places 
of growth. He is ample in his difcrimina- 
tion of the fpecies, as his great objed: was, 
to afcertain the Materia Medka of the an-^ 
eients, and of Dioscorides in particular, 
throughout the vegetable kingdom. To this 
end he beftows much criticifm on the com- 
mentaries of FucKsius, Tragus, Mat- 
THIOL us, and other of his contemporaries; 
and profeffes to have corred:ed many of their 
miftakes, in the application of the names 
©f Dioscorides. In all this he has fhewu 
much judgment,^ and> I may add, much 
moderation, in avoiding, more than ufaal, 
the licence taken by many of the commen- 
tators, of applying the names of plants de- 
fcribed in THEOPii^yisTUs, Dioscorides, 
and Pliny, to thofe of the weftern parts 
of Ei^rope. What he fays of the virtues of 
. ^ plants. 
