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A botanical dictionary : or elements of systematic and philosophical botany. Containing Descriptions of the Parts of Plants; an Explanation of the scientific Terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnæus, and other eminent Botanists; a brief Analysis of the principal Systems in Botany; a critical Enquiry into the Merits and Defects of the Linnæan Method of Arrangement, and Distribution of the Genera; Descriptions of the various Tribes, or natural Families of Plants, their Habit and Structure, Virtues, sensible Qualities, and oeconomical Uses; an impartial Examination of the Doctrine of the Sex of Plants; with a Discussion of several curious Questions in the Vegetable Oeconomy, connected with gardening. The whole forming A Complete System of Botanical Knowledge, Calculated for the Use of Students in that Science. By Colin Milne, Reader on Botany and Natural History in London.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milne, Colin, 1743 or 1744-1815.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botany--Dictionaries.
- Botany.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 452 unnumbered pages,tables ; 12⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for William Griffin, in Catharine-Street, Strand, MDCCLXX. [1770]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Henrey, 1148
- English Short Title Catalog, T64667.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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