7o the READER. 
T^etKapetalouSy and the fhnall Figure i de- 
notes that particular «Jort of Tetra^etalotu 
Herbs which bear fmall Cods. 
b?ext follow, the Time of their Flower- 
ing, and the Places where they grow, and 
laftly of thofe which are either "Officinals, 
or elle of Ibme known Efficacy, fuch Vir- 
tues are briefly mentioned, as may be mofl: 
depended upon. I have here and there is- 
Rrted a Plant which does not grow wild 
in this Neighbourhood ; but thi^ is done to 
make it known that fuch may be had iri 
Gardens, (tho’ not of home Growth) of 
this Kind are the Holy or Bleffed Thijiky 
Water Germander^ Salomon’s. Seal^ Angelt-^ 
cay and others. I havelikewile mentioned 
.a few which, tho’ chiefly raifed for the 
Ufe of the Kitchen, yet are not without a 
manifefl: phyfical Virtue, which I do not 
doubt will readily be excufed by my Read- 
ers. To this Catalogue, befides the general 
Diftribution of Plants according to Mr. 
Ra^y is annex’d an Engltflo Index, and an 
alphabetical Eift of Plants in Flower 
for every Month in the Year^ with fhort 
Directions when to gather any Parts of 
them. I have alfb added an Explanation 
of feveral Botanical and Phyfical Terms 
which' 
