Mr Wray hath made a collection of plants, fishes, foules, stones and other rarities which he hath with him.

You will remember that we lately, out of ‘Gerard’, ‘Parkinson’ and ‘Phytologia Britannica’, made a collection of rare plants whose places are therein mentioned and ranked them under the several counties. My intention is now to carry on and perfect that design; to which purpose I am now writing to all my friends and acquaintance who are skilful in Herbary to request them this next summer to search diligently his country for plants, and to send me a catalogue of such as they find, together with the places where they grow. In divers counties I have such as are skilful and industrious: for Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire I must beg your assistance…. After that partly by my own search, partly by the mentioned assistance, I shall have got as much information and knowledge of the plants of each county as I can (which will require some years) I do design to put forth a complete P.B. which I hope to bring into as narrow a compass as this book.