A botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain With descriptions of the genera and species, According to the System of the celebrated Linnaeus. Being an Attempt to render them familiar to those who are unacquainted with the Learned Languages. Under each species are added, The most remarkable Varieties, the Natural Places of Growth, the Duration, the Time of Flowering, the Peculiarities of Structure, the common English Names; the Names of Gerard, Parkinson, Ray and Bauhine. The uses as medicines, or as poisons; as food for Men, for Brutes, and for Insects. With their Applications in oeconomy and in the arts. With an easy introduction to the study of botany. Shewing The Method of investigating plants, and Directions how to Dry and Preserve Specimens. The whole Illustrated by Copper Plates and a copious Glossary. By William Withering, M.D. In two volumes

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Withering, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham printed by M. Swinney, for T. Cadel and P. Elmsley in the Strand, and G. Robinson, in Pater-Noster-Row, London 1776, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:English Short Title Catalog, T145177. - Henrey, 1506. - Page numbers xvii and xviii are repeated. - Reproduction of original from British Library
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (2v.(xcvi[i.e.xcviii],383,[1];[5],386-784,783-838p.) plates) 8°