An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The'formerisa compendium of Linnaean learn ing, the latter a store oflingenious philosophy but they were designed for philosophers, and are not calculated for evéry reader. Linnaeus and his scholars have generally written in Latin. They addressed themselves to physicians, to anato mists, to philosophers, little thinking that their science would ever be the amusing pursuit of the -young, the elegant and the refined, or they would have treated the subject differently. It ap pears to me, therefore, (that an introductory pub lication is still desirable in this country, on an original plan, easy, comprehensive, and fit for general use; and such'were the reasons which first prompted me tothe undertaking.

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