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16. Of herbs with bulbous roots, those of their 
kindred, and of herbs with flowers, that 
have six or more petala or coloured 
leaves. 
17. Of herbs whose flowers are composed of 
several flowers. 
To the introduction are attached eleven plates 
of shells, crabs, &c. and a map, and to the body 
of the work one hundred and thirty-four plates of 
plants, they are all double folio, mounted on guards 
in the centre, and are executed by Michael Vander- 
gutcht, in the best style of that period, and are 
a proof of the wealth and munificence of the 
author. 
It was not till 1725 that Sir Hans had leisure 
to put the second volume to press, though the 
greater part of the plates for it were engraved at 
the time the former appeared ; having, says he, 
“ a multiplicity of business in the practice of 
physic, which I esteem one of my first cares, and 
must be minded if the lives of persons be regarded 
with due attention to the several symptoms and 
changes of their diseases.” He acknowledges 
the favours he had received from the king in the 
following dedication to George I. 
