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fafliion, and a too great fondnefs for ra- 
rities of foreign growth, might influence 
the London market, of which the fpirit of 
commerce would not fail to take advan- 
tage, mufh likewife be admitted. But, to 
the arguments and proofs alledged by Dr. 
Bulleyn, in defence of the fertility of 
his native foil, and the perfedion of our 
own produdls ; and, as a proof of the fuc- 
cefsful cultivation of thofe times, I add> 
that from an infpedion of our old Herbals> 
and particularly of Parkinson's Paradi-* 
fusy we find the various fpecies of culinary 
herbs, roots, and of fruits, multipHed in 
England to fuch a variety, as implies a pre- 
ceding courfe of culture carried on for a 
feries of time, inconliftent with that po- 
verty of produce which hath been fur- 
mifed. 
Penny. 
Having introduced to the reader, the two 
firfl: refpeftable writers on Botany in Eng^ 
landy I cannot but regret my want of fuf- 
ficient information, to refcue from aa al- 
Dioft total obfcuritv, the aarne of Dr„ 
G a Ihomas 
