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17.
{xcvi:1} _Since this _Epistle_ was first written and publish'd the _University of Oxford_ have instituted, and erected a _Society_ for the promoting of _Natural_ and _Experimental Knowledge_, in consort with the _R.

Society_, with which they keep a mutual Correspondence: This mention, for that some _Malevolents_ had so far endeavour'd to possess divers Members of the _University_; as if the _Society_ design'd nothing less than the undermining of that, and other illustrious _Academies_, and which indeed so far prevail'd, as to breed a real Jealousy for some considerable time: But as this was never in the Thoughts of the _Society_ (which had ever the _Universities_ in greatest Veneration) so the Innocency and Usefulness of its Institution has at length disabus'd them, vindicated their Proceedings, dissipated all Surmises, and, in fine, produced an ingenious, friendly and candid Union and Correspondence between them._ ADVERTISEMENT.
That I have frequently inserted divers _Historical_ and other Passages, _apposite_, agreeable to the _Subject_ (abstaining from a number more which I might have added) let it be _remember'd_ that I did not altogether compile this _Work_ for the sake of our ordinary _Rustics_, (meer _Foresters_ and _Wood-men_) but for the more _Ingenious_; the Benefit, and Diversion of _Gentlemen_, and Persons of _Quality_, who often refresh themselves in these agreeable _Toils_ of _Planting_, and the _Garden_: For the rest, I may perhaps in some places have made use of (here and there) a _Word_ not as yet so familiar to every _Reader_; but _none_, that I know of, which are not sufficiently _explained_ by the _Context_ and Discourse.

That this may yet be no _prejudice_ to the _meaner Capacities_, let them _read_ for _Ablaqueation_, laying bare the _Roots_.
_Amputation_, cutting quite off.
_Arborator_, Pruner, or one that has care of the _Trees_.
_Avenue_, the principal _Walk_ to the _Front_ of the _House_ or _Seat_.
_Bulbs_, round or _Onion-shap'd_ Roots.
_Calcine_, burn to Ashes.
_Compost_, Dung.
_Conservatory_, Green-house to keep _choice Plants_, &c.

in.
_Contr'espaliere_, a Palisade or _Pole-hedge_.
_Coronary_ Garden, _Flower_-Garden.
_Culinary_, belonging to the _Kitchin_, _Roots_, _Salading_, &c.
_Culture_, Dressing.
_Decorticate_, to strip off the _Bark_.
_Emuscation_, cleansing it of the _Moss_.
_Esculent_, Roots, Salads, &c.