The Preface. 
ferted were collected from thebefi Authors j many of which 
I have found by Experience very ufeful c 
To conclude y the Reader is defired to take notice, that 
in this Edition , more Vertues are added to forrie Plants 
than were in the former : and many new Plants are aifo 
added, and the Indexes of loth Parts, both Latin and 
Englifti, are now Separated. 
Reader, 
Farewell. 
John Pechey. 
from my Houfe in Rovt- 
Lane, the Corner of 
RobiriWood’s Court.De- 
cemb. the 12th. 1706. 
advertisement. 
npHE Obfervations about Gathering Plants Trorn the. 
A various Pcfirions of the Heavens, or Seaions of the 
Moon, are fuperftitious and vain. But I iuppofe, in 
general ’tis belt to gather them when they are foil of 
luice that is well conceded, and before the Fibres 
grow woody. Chufe a clear Day j and do not gather 
them till the Dew is gone olf. Flowers are beft garner d 
when they are full blown : Seeds, when they are ripe, 
and begin to dry. Fruits fhould not be gather d till 
they are quite ripe. Roots are beft gather d m the 
Spring, juft before they begin to fpring. Tis belt to 
dry Herbs in the Sun, though Phyficians generally or- 
der that they Ihould be dried in the Shade. 
The 
