Isbn: 9781108076647 - elements of botany: structural, physiological, systematical, and medical (cambridge library collection: botany and horticulture) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. John Lindley's 1841 illustrated, low-level textbook for students, with sections on 'structural, physiological, systematical, and medical' botany. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 130 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.…