Lectures on the Elements of Botany: , Containing the Descriptive Anatomy of Those Organs, on Which the Growth and Preservation of the Vegetable Depend, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lectures on the Elements of Botany:, Containing the Descriptive Anatomy of Those Organs, on Which the Growth and Preservation of the Vegetable Depend, Vol. 1

Numerous works on the elementary principles of Botany, and many of them very excellent pro du'ctions, have been published, both in this coun try and on the continent, Within the last twenty years: and, by pointing out the mode of juves tigating the laws of vegetable life, have done much to remove an objection to the study of B0 tanical science, which had long prevailed, that it, is a pursuit that amuses the fancy and ex ercises the memory, without improving the mind or advancing any real knowledge Under these circumstances, the publication Of a new work on this subject may require some apology; and it was not my intention to have placed the fol lowing Lectures before the public, had I not ac cidentally met with a manuscript copy of them.

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