IV 
PREFACE. 
Oak, Aft, Willow, &c. are ’with 
us. Galen, like our Difpenfatory 
Writers , and many others , have only 
given their bare Names a Place 
amongfi the reft of the Materia Me- 
dica, without either Defcription or 
Virtues ; only adds their Temperature 
and Faculties. Some have given the 
Names , Temperatures, Virtues , Hif- 
tory , and Figures ; and mention the 
Authors that have treated o?i parti- 
cular Herbs. Some have given their 
Jdefcriptions and Names ; but fay 
little of their Virtues ; as Pena and 
Lobel. Some have defer ibed the 
Plants exaElly , but omit their Facul- 
ties y as Cefalpinus. Some have omit- 
ted their whole natural Hiftory , and 
only concifely and nervoufy given their 
Virtues ; as Schroder. Some give 
the general Names of a few , andfome 
of their Virtues ; and pafs all the 
reft , to make Room for a Multitude 
of Exotics ; as Quincy,, and other 
Commentators on our prefent Dijpenfa- 
tories. Some have given a moft exaEl 
and 
