c iis) 
XXVII. 
A hiftory ofplants by iohn hill, M. D. acad. 
reg. fcient. Burdig. etc. foc. London. printed 
- for Thoinas Osborne, 1751. fol. 7 alph. 8 pl. 
c. fig. aen. 
i. e. 
Hiftoria plantarum audlore io. hill» 
O mnem emetiri velle hiftoriae naturalis ambitum, 
difficillimum eft periculique pleniffimum iter; 
tot enim dantur fcrupuli, tot fefe offerunt ubiuis 
obices, quibus fefe expediendis remouendisue unius 
vix fuffecerit hominis vita. Nihilo tamen fecius, 
cum illum potiffimum fibi fcopum praefixum habue- 
~ rit Cl. HiLLxvs, inficiandum non eft, ea illum of¬ 
ficio fuo fun&um fuifle ratione, ut aliquam laudem 
utique commendationemque fuerit promeritus. Prae¬ 
ter illam nimirum, de qua nunc nobis dicendum eft, 
hiftoriam plantarum, ante aliquot iam annos hifto- 
riarn foffilium perfecutus eft, quam propediem ani¬ 
malium fequetur hiftoria, ut itaque totius hiftoriae 
naturalis defcriptionem tria comple&antur volumi¬ 
na.* Jn fingulis , quae extant, varia noua depre- 
hendi- 
* Prodiit hiftory of. Fofiils London 3748 fol. Totius 
operis fequens eft titulus: Ageneral natural hiftory, 
or new and accurate d.eferiptions of the animals, ve- 
getables and minerals, of the different parts of the 
world; with their virtues and ufes, as far as hithert» 
certainly kriown, in medecine and mechanics: illu- 
flrated by a general review of the knowledge of the 
ancieats, and the difcoveries and improvements of 
later ages in thefe ftudies, including the hiftory of 
the materia medica, piftoria and tinSoria, of the 
prefent and earlier ages. As alfo obfervations on the 
negiefted properties of many valuable fubftances 
known at prefent} and snempcs to difcover the loft 
medi- 
