The Life ^ Mr, RAY. 6i 
tween the Delays and Tricks of the 
Bookfeller and Printer (efpecially of 
the latter), it lay fo long in the Prefs, 
that Mr. Ray\ Friends in London had 
a Sufpicion that they intended to 
have ftifled the Book: But it was 
intirely finifhed at the Prefs in May 
1690, and publifhed not long after. 
This Synopjis Methodica Stirpium 
Britannicarum was very acceptable' 
among all the Botanifts,' and is to 
this Day made their Pocket Compa- 
nion on all their Simpling Occahons. 
And although Mr'. Ray had added 
to, and much improved, his Cata- 
logues-, yet was not his Synopjis fo per- 
fect, but to be capable of farther 
Improvements. In order to which, 
many of our Botanifts fent him Cata- 
logues of Plants he had omitted, 
and advertifed him of fuch Errors as 
he had made. By which mieans, as 
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