DEDICATION. 
that the ignorant are apt 
nnreafonably to caft on re- 
fearches of this kind, notwith- 
ftanding they are the only fo- 
lid and rational means where- 
by we may ever hope to make 
any real advance in the know- 
ledge of iS! ature ; A knowledge 
worthy the attainment of 
Princes. 
And as Solomon^ the greateft 
and wifefi: of men, deigned 
not to inquire into the nature 
of Plants, from the Cedar in 
LehanoHy to the Hjffop that 
fpringeth out of the wall: So it 
will not, I prefume, be an un- 
acceptable entertainment to 
Your 
