PREFACE. vii 
Schroder, Ray, Tournefort, Herman, 
Clufius, Diofcorides, & c. which may 
perhaps neither be an unacceptable nor 
unprofitable Labour ; as it is , 
Firjl , An EJfay toward reviving 
and rejloring the Ufe of Simples-, which 
are now fo much negleSied , that many 
of them are reckoned not only ufelefs, 
but troublefome ; to get clear of , or 
keep under which , the Pojjeffors of 
Grounds are often put to a yearly Ex- 
pence and Labour. 2. the IV eg Mi 
and Contempt of a great Part of our 
own Plants has made Way for a Far- 
rago of Exotics imported. , and palmed 
on us ; which , being neither of our 
own Growth , Soil , nor Climate , may 
probably not be fo well fuited to our 
Confutations , as thefe produced in the 
fame Soil and Climate with ourfelves. 
3. From the encouraged and increajed 
Confumption of Exotics, and NegleEl 
of the greatejl Part of our own Phy- 
fical Simples , we forget their V irtues 
and Ufes : Hence they become Strangers 
to us, whilfl we familiarize ourfelves 
to 
