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ences, and overfights of fundry authors 
that have formerly written of them, and 
a certain confidence, or moft probable 
conjedure of the true and genuine herbs 
and plants : diftributed into fundry cJaffes 
or tribes, for the more eafy knowledge 
*^ of the m.any herbs of one nature and 
property, with the chief notes of Dr. 
*^ LobeU Dr. Bonham, and others, inferted 
therein." London. Folio, pp. 1746. 
Seguier mentions an edition in 1656, 
which I never faw, and fufpeit it was not 
a new impreffion. 
This work was the labour of Parkin- 
son's life, and was not publifhed until he was 
arrived at a very advanced period. He tells 
us, in the preface, that, owing to the dif- 
*^ aftrous times," and other impediments, 
the printing of it was long retarded. Ori- 
ginally it was intended to have contained 
only the medicinal herbs, under the title 
of " A phyfical Garden of Simples," but 
he enlarged his plan, and endeavoured to 
comprehend all the Botany of his time. It 
is manifeft, even from a curfory view of it, 
that it is a work of much m.ore originality 
than 
