A grammar of botany : illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system / by Sir James Edward Smith.

  • Smith, James Edward, 1759-1828.
Date:
1821
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Credit: A grammar of botany : illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system / by Sir James Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    ets. The characters of some Orders in the 1st Class, better understood, since he wrote, as the Musci and Filices, are totally reformed. To his definitions of a few others, given in his own words, are subjoined more complete and correct accounts, founded on more recent inquiries, as is particularly the case with the 20th, 21st, 26th, and 47th Orders. The esta- blishment of new Orders, either by himself or other botanists of eminence, since his book came out, is indicated under the original Order from which each new one has been se- parated. The aim of the present work how- ever is not, by any means, to give a full view of these. As nothing is more easy than sub- division in such studies, it is no wonder that the followers of Jussieu should often carry that principle too far; just as young botanists are prone to multiply genera. The talents for judicious combination are infinitely more rare. We must wait therefore till some of these innovations shall receive confirmation from superior authorities, as well as from long experience. My present design is rather to exemplify the original System of Jussieu; to point out it's merits and defects; to mark