Frontipuece tb et XVM, Conventunt pictis tneinotee. vestibus FCOree, Sugue teves calathos munera nostra bequiw> Proteus arriuunt Charites, nectunyg le Coronas. Ovid Taft, 5.V.220. S Baer SaleVOL. XVI. For the YEAR, MDCCXLIX. MULTUM, IN-PARY Printed for R. BALDWIN, atthe Rose a - in Pater Nofter Row. —O be employed in the Condu& of any Scheme that is of real Ufe to Mankind, or thar may contribute to their innocent Amufement, is a Pleafure of that Kind which only they can feel, whofe Hearts rejoice in promoting the Good and Hap- pinefs of their Fellow-Creatures. - That we have carried on this Work for fo many Years with a View to inform, im- prove, and pleafe our Readers, as well as for our own Ad- vantage, isa Truth that we can honeftly affert, and own with confcious Pride and fecret Satisfaction. And as we have made it our Bufinefs to tranfplant from all Parts into this our Garden, fuch Flowers alone as for their Beauty or Sweetnefs may Delight, and fuch Herbs and Fruits only as for their uféful and falutary Virtues may Benefit Mankind ; fo we have eftablifhed it as a Maxim, from which our Readers may be affured we will never depart, that no noxious Weed to poifon, no ufelefs Bramble to perplex, fhall ever kaowingly be admitted into our Borders. In fhort, we will endeavour, as Ovip-has beautifully deferibed in our Frontif- piece, where he paints the Garden of Frora, that what Time and Induftry fhall colleé&, may be difpofed' with Grace and Elegance. It is thefe our laudable Aims, and fair Purfuits, which have gained us that fuperior Favour and Diktindioa