UID:
almahu_9948234334402882
Format:
1 online resource (iv, 292 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781107741850 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Botany and horticulture
Content:
Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) is best known for his recommendation that Kew Gardens should become a national botanical institution, and for saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. As an author, he is best remembered for his works on taxonomy and classification. A partisan of the 'natural' system rather than the Linnaean, Lindley published this 1841 work, the fourth edition of his Outline of the First Principles of Botany, under a new title to emphasise not only that it was 'much extended, and, it is hoped, improved', but also that it was a textbook for students of 'structural, physiological, systematical, and medical' botany. He defines the different elements of a plant, and provides a checklist for identification of plant families, before discussing the various 'natural' systems of classification, including his own, and the different practical uses of plants.
Note:
Originally published in London, printed for Taylor and Walton in 1841.
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Preface -- 1. Structural and physiological botany -- 2. Systematical botany -- 3. Medical botany -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108076647
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107741850
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107741850
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