A botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain
Subtitle: 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 application 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: by William Withering, M.D. ...
Publisher: Printed by M. Swinney, for T. Cadel and P. Elmsley, and G. Robinson, London
Published: 1776
Place of publication: Birmingham
Language: eng
Subjects: Plants; Medical Botany
Other titles: Bot. arr. veg. Gr. Brit.
Notes: Stafleu and Cowan, 2d ed. 18.077