Blair Collection > Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides > Volume 1

PREFACE.
fuch efpecially are thofe of the Cryptogamta
clafs, which cofl more time and attention
than all the other twenty-three clafles toge-
ther.
Lafl: of all are fubjoined the various ufes
of each plant, whether ceconomical, medical,
or fuperjiitious , Their ceconomical and medi-
cal ufes are extraded from authors of the
firft credit; for the moil part either from
LtnncEus^ Materia Me die a ^ or Ha Her s Hi-
Jtoria Jiirfium Helvetia. For \\\€\r fiiferjii^
tious ufes I am chiefly indebted to my often-
mentioned friend Mr. Stuart, 2. native gf
the Highlands, and perfedly acquainted with
the cuftoms of his countrymen.
In the courfe of this work, I have purpofely
avoided the addition of all Jynonyms, not
merely to prevent fwelling the book, but
becaufe they have been fo often repeated by
other authors, and feem to be at the fame
time of little ufe to the learner. I there-
fore wholly omitted them, to juake way for
defcriptions, which I flatter myfelf will prove
cf more fervice.
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