PREFACE. 
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T HE following Catalogue was made out by Order of the 
Honourable Houfe of Affembly, and is likewife printed by 
their direction. For the public ufc. 
Care has been taken to make it anfwer the ends propofed, by 
adding references to the principal Plants. The merited acknow- 
ledgments are alfo made to the Gentlemen who have contributed 
to the Botanical Garden ; and the original introduction of all the 
exotics are traced as correctly as poffible. If I have been guilty 
of any omiffions, or made any mi flakes, I fhall be glad, on a 
future occafion, whenever It may be deemed neceffary to print a 
ms w and enlarged Edition* to make the neceffary amendments. 
