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make all the changes he wifhed for), aild 
being furniflied with ample means of en- 
larging the book^ by his difcovery of neW 
fpecies of Cryptogamia^ and by the eftab- 
lifhment of new genera ; being alfo enabled^ 
by the difcoveiies of many ingenious men, 
whofe names he enumerates in the preface, 
greatly to enlarge Eiiglijh botany ; and, 
through the fkill and ailiftance of Dr. Ri- 
chardson, Mr. Jaines Sherard, and 
others, being fufficiently qualified to add 
the old Britipy if I may fo fay, to the Eng-- 
lijh botany, he publifhed a third edition in 
1724, much to the fatisfadion of all the 
lovers of the fcience throughout Europe, 
Twenty-four plates of rare plants were add- 
ed to this edition ; and, befides many vaUi- 
able notes, and emendations in the genera^ 
the addition of new fpecies was very great. 
The accumulation to this book from Dil- 
LENius's ovi^n difcoveries, and from the 
communications of others, whofe nam.es are 
mentioned in the preface, particularly thofe 
of Dr. Sherard and Dr. Richardson, 
amounted to near 40 new Fungt^ as many 
Marine plants, upwards of 150 MoJJes, and 
coufiderably 
