The elements of botany, structural, physiological, systematicl, and medical. Being a fifth edition of the Outline of the first principles of botany. With a sketch of the artificial methods of classification and a glossary of technical terms / By John Lindley.

  • Lindley, John, 1799-1865.
Date:
1847
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Credit: The elements of botany, structural, physiological, systematicl, and medical. Being a fifth edition of the Outline of the first principles of botany. With a sketch of the artificial methods of classification and a glossary of technical terms / By John Lindley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The favourable opinion entertained of this Work having enabled it to reach a fifth edition, the Author has taken advantage of the opportunity thus afforded him of bringing it completely up to the present state of Botanical knowledge, without, however, inter¬ fering with its original plan, by the introduction of doubtful or merely speculative matter, or of questions which do not interest a student. It was in the outset a book for learners; its purpose was to state plainly and concisely the great facts of the science, and to separate them from the ulterior questions to which they lead; and, however much the work may have become extended by the addition of Explanatory Notes, the latter have never been permitted to appear in a form likely to divert attention from the main points. On the contrary, they have been printed in a dif¬ ferent type, which renders them immediately distinguishable, and enables the reader to go through the principal propositions with¬ out, in the first instance, occupying his thoughts with their detailed explanation. The Author’s experience teaches him that this is, in fact, the best course for the student to pursue. The student is thus able to