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ADVERTISE MEN T. 
Propofals for Printing by Subjcription^ the Third r-nd hji Volume o 
thOenerd Hijlory rf PLAN TS 5 Joim Ray, F. R. S. 
In Jrolio. 
T Here having been greater Pro2;refe made in the Hilton/ oF Plants, t'lKe 
TTventy or Thirty Years lad paft, and more new ^p^'^Vi difcorered 
and brought to Light, than in any Age before, I thoirgbt it might nor. 
be amiis to gather, into one Body, all that have hi tlierto been obierred , 
hoth fuch as have bec:rpabliQ3ed5 figured and deicrlbed, which now lie difperM 
in many Books "^. ai d fuch as have come 
to my Knowledge, that have not been yet *^artimiariyintheUfif.xro:nes(tftBe Kovtus> 
puD.iiii a, DUt are eitner cu.avateam i iiy- p/^^^,^ piuknet'^ Pbytographip:, ^imagtfium 
lick-Uardens, or their dried Specimens pre & Mandflk.F^i./^erBocconiV 'ate]neces^ Mr Eohzru 
ferved in the Mufe-imS of the curious; ficondVoiur?,efDrUori{brish.<a!,DrTcuvr^ 
t ' f T * Jt- u /T r ^ ci :ii 1 tort inftit. Rei Herbal^ we za?7c /a-r^e r-^o/wwtv c/ f'-c 
W^hich I nave, lO^the belt Ot my Skill ?. nd Hortus ..mftdod. Herman*. I -^r^ifu. 
Abilities, performed in this Work: Which voikamerV Nci-imba-g k/rv. gr^.^? .^^^^^^^^ . 
may therefore for the prefent be Riled a ''/«^/^^^«^«-^V^'^^^^^^ 
n't./ 1 -D ~ r ni ^ >^/*«;5r £)? Storard, Dr Sio?.nc, -Or Tancrtxl. 
Panddeheum,OY general Kecepiacie or Flants, Robinfon, Mr Pctdver, ^c. 
and is, confiderable, 
1. For the vaft Multitude of Plants which it contains, more than any, nay^ 
than all the B(X)ks of Plants, now extant, put together. 
2. For the great Number of new Species it exhibits, wdiich have not as yet been 
defcribed or figured by any Author, which is enough to recommend it to the Per- 
ufal of the curious. 
3. For the convenient Method in which the Plants are difpofed, for the fpecdy 
and eafie finding out any unknown Plant. . For as in a s:reat Army 'tis eafie to 
find out any particular Souldier, if we do but know what Regiment, an.d to what 
Company therein he belongs, whxh it would be impolTible to do in ?»- difordci • y 
Rout ; fo he that knows theChara6terifticks of each Tribe, and eich G^nrfs - 
derthat Tribe, may eafily find any Plant offered, by comparing it with cbeDe- 
fcriptionsof the Species oi that Genpu ; which, is no very hard Task. 
4. This Work gives us an Account of the V egetablesof fome Countries, which 
had not been fearched for Plants before, and of what grows there we kii£ v no- 
thing. As, forinftance, i. Such asgrowin the Iflands, obicn-edaii i 
defcribed by V. Gevrgio C^mlli of the Society of Jefus, a learned perfoii, and 'vdi 
skilfd in Botanicks, living in MmiJia, theMetinpolis oFthofe IQands, whoh.v.h 
lent me 17c Defcriptions and Figures of Herb?, and promifes as n:any of TiclsJ 
and Shrubs. 2. Such as grow about the Screights of Mageiy.ne^ a Place in ths 
51 Degree of Southern Latitude. 
5. ItgiVesan Account of federal Plants, the Parts whereof are focci nek Medi- 
cines for^the Cure of fome particular Diieafes; as &.zPerHvian Bavk '5 for thai of 
intermdttent Fevers. Such are, for Example, "the Ippecodcaana lo clcbrn: 1 a^i 
Europe OYtt for the Cure of Dyfenteries ; Caffnmuniar for the Cure of hpi!epfie« • 
lately corne into greai deputation for breaking of the Stone : :Midn greu 
many more, of whofe Vertues and Effeil? an Account bai been given in the Pa- 
pers publi^li'd by Mr ^^r/^e : Some Plant; n! ho XV hi ch inaypafsfor iiui^'c- IMe- 
dicmes or Panacea s, as HigujHr calfd Faha S.Jgnatii^ growing in tlie Fhili'^pine 
lilands 
