Ladies' Botany 2 Volume Set
Ladies' Botany 2 Volume Set
The horticulturalist John Lindley (1799–1865) worked for Sir Joseph Banks, and was later instrumental in saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. He was a prolific author of works for gardening practitioners but also for a non-specialist readership, and many of his books have been reissued in this series. The first volume of this two-volume work was published in 1834, and the second in 1837. At a time when botany was regarded as the only science suitable for study by women and girls, Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for 'those who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need. A vigorous opponent of the Linnaean system of nomenclature, he supported the 'natural' system of Jussieu, and in this work, designed to help ladies educate their children, he deliberately restricts the use of Latin terms.
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9781108076586
718 pages
221 × 142 × 46 mm
0.91kg
50 b/w illus.
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. Introductory remarks
- 2. The umbelliferous tribe
- 3. The evening primrose tribe
- 4. The cruciferous tribe
- 5. The passion-flower tribe
- 6. The mallow tribe
- 7. The chickweed tribe
- 8. The rose tribe
- 9. The protea tribe
- 10. The marvel of Peru tribe
- 11. The nettle tribe
- 12. The heath tribe
- 13. The gentian tribe
- 14. The hare-bell tribe
- 15. The borage tribe
- 16. The mint tribe
- 17. Compound flowers
- 18. Distinctions of exogenous or dicotyledonous, and of endogenous or monocotyledonous plants
- 19. The orchis tribe
- 20. The lily tribe
- 21. The bullrush tribe
- 22. Glumaceous plants
- 23. Cellular, flowerless, or cryptogamic plants
- 24. The moss tribe
- 25. The lichen tribe
- Index. Volume 2:
- 26. Preliminary
- 27. Pistuil
- 28. The pittosporum tribe
- 29. The mignonette tribe
- 30. The cactus tribe
- 31. The begonia tribe
- 32. The lythrum tribe
- 33. The tamarisk tribe
- 34. Venus' fly-trap
- 35. The horse-chesnut tribe
- 36. The houseleek tribe
- 37. The buck-thorn tribe
- 38. The flax tribe
- 39. The buckwheat tribe
- 40. The mezereum tribe
- 41. The primrose tribe
- 42. The Greek valerian tribe
- 43. The madder tribe
- 44. The jasmine tribe
- 45. The birthwort tribe
- 46. Pitcher-plants
- 47. The water plantain tribe
- 48. The ripe fruit of a mango
- 49. A systematic arrangement of plants
- 50. The natural order to which a given plant belongs
- Appendix
- Index.
