ISBN: 9781108076654 - an introduction to the natural system of botany: or, a systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution, of the ... library collection: botany and horticulture) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This 1830 work gives a systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the vegetable kingdom. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 430 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 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 of Jussieu rather than the Linnaean, Lindley writes, in his preface to this 1830 work, that it was originally created for his own use, to avoid having recourse to 'rare, costly and expensive publications' available only in the libraries of the wealthy. His intention is to give a 'systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom', as well as of the uses of plants 'in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy'. The work is important in the history of taxonomy.…