Tarkinfon. i^j 
' In the particular difpofition of the fub- 
jedts> under each chapter or genus, Par- 
kinson follows the rules of Gerard, and 
Johnson, by glving> after the Latin and 
Englilli name, the defcriptions at large ; 
then the place of growth, and time of 
flowering y the fynonyms, and laftly, the 
virtues and ufes. 
Nice difcrimination of fpecies from each 
other, or from varieties, muft not be ex- 
pecfled in this work, more than in Ge- 
rard, or his Emactilator. Almoft every 
Botanift was then a Florift too. Clusius 
himfelf, who had enlarged the fcience, by , 
his own difcoveries, beyond any other man, 
continued to raife tulips from feed, for more 
than 35 years. Parkinson's Paradifus'' 
proves his attachment to the Flower Gar* 
den, in the early part of his life ; and this 
bias influenced him throughout the Thea- 
*^ tre of Plants." As yet, no line had been 
drawn with fufficient accuracy, between 
fpecies and variety, between nature and th@ 
effed; of culture, or of foil and fituation, nor 
was this brought about till the eflential parts 
©f vegetables, the flowerjand the fruit, became 
L 2 objedt^? 
