An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany

Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kingdom

By:

John Lindley

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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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.

Release date Australia

March 5th, 2015

Author

John Lindley

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

430

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

Dimensions

140x216x24

ISBN-13

9781108076654

Product ID

21894864

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