Flora Vectensis: Being a Systematic Description of the Phænogamous or Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to the Isle of Wight (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The results of these careful investigations were the. Most accurate and elaborate descriptions which can well be ima gined; but such were the time and labour bestowed on each Species, - as much as many authors would give to a genus or family, - that this circumstance very materially retarded the progress of the work. Unfortunately, also, when the Isle of Wight had been very thoroughly investigated as regards sta tions, and the work of describing was proceeding, the author enlarged his plan, and determined to comprise the whole county of Hampshire within the scope of his Flora. This certainly would greatly have added to the value of the work, had he been spared to complete it; but, such not having been permitted, it is impossible not to regret the interruption which the search for localities in this new field occasioned to the description of species. Another cause of interruption to the present work must also here be mentioned. Dr. Bromfield had an intense love of travel, and this desire ever and anon prevailed, and occasioned a suspension of the Island Flora. Extensive tours through the Islands of the fest Indies, and through Canada and the States of North America, although they contributed most valuable information to the pages of the London Journal of Botany,' very much impeded the progress of the present work. Finally, in 1850, Dr. Bromfield started on an excursion to Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia; after which he was tempted to prolong his tour into Palestine and Syria, where, alas! He was cut off by fever at Damascus.

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