PREFACE. xi 
Jeverai of the mofi learned Phy ficians 
of the lajl Age. to the excellent Mr. 
Ray, in his Hiftoria Plantarum ; and 
of the faithful and ingenious Dr. Sim. 
Pauli, in his Quadripartitum Botani- 
cum, and Crufo’r Medicamentorum 
Thefaurus : Many Articles of the lajl 
are put together at the Ends of feve- 
ral Plants in the Notes. 
To fhorten the Work , and to bring 
it into as narrow a Compafs as 1 could , 
and yet to render it as eafy and fami- 
liar as poffible> I have , I. Omitted 
all foreign and imported Roots , Woods , 
Barks , Excrejcences , Gums , Refins ■, 
Balfams , Fruits , Leaves , Flowers , 
and Seeds ; and ' took in only fiuch as 
are now produced in our Gardens and 
Fields. 2. By omitting all our own 
P roduSlions whofie Phyfical XJfes we 
know not , the Kinds and Species of 
which are very numerous , and even 
fome whofie Virtues we lay little Strefs 
on. 3. By omitting the Defer iptions 
and Enumerations of the various Spe- 
cies whofie Virtues we forme 
a 2 
rly knew 
and 
