A botanical dictionary [electronic resource] : or elements of systematic and philosophical botany. Containing Descriptions of the Parts of Plants-an Explanation of the scientific Terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent Botanists-a brief Analysis of the principal Systems in Botany-a critical Enquiry into the Merits and Defects of the Linnaean Method of Arrangement, and Distribution of the Genera-Descriptions of the various Tribes, or natural Families of Plants, their Habit and Structure, Virtues, sensible Qualities, and oeconomical Uses-an impartial Examination of the Doctrine of the Sex of Plants-With a Discussion of several curious Questions in the Vegetable Oeconomy, connected with Gardening. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge. By Colin Milne, LL.D.
1778
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A botanical dictionary [electronic resource] : or elements of systematic and philosophical botany. Containing Descriptions of the Parts of Plants-an Explanation of the scientific Terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent Botanists-a brief Analysis of the principal Systems in Botany-a critical Enquiry into the Merits and Defects of the Linnaean Method of Arrangement, and Distribution of the Genera-Descriptions of the various Tribes, or natural Families of Plants, their Habit and Structure, Virtues, sensible Qualities, and oeconomical Uses-an impartial Examination of the Doctrine of the Sex of Plants-With a Discussion of several curious Questions in the Vegetable Oeconomy, connected with Gardening. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge. By Colin Milne, LL.D.
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The second edition, with many additions, and illustrative plates.
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London : printed for T. Lowndes, No 77, in Fleet-Street, M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[526]p.,ixplates,tables ; 8⁰.
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A reissue of the 1770 edition with a cancel titlepage and with the addition of a supplement, with separate titlepage, containing the plates.
The main part of the work has horizontal chain lines and the supplement vertical.
Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence bound.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The main part of the work has horizontal chain lines and the supplement vertical.
Price from imprint: price Seven Shillings and Six Pence bound.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Henrey, 1149
English Short Title Catalog, T129850.
English Short Title Catalog, T129850.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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