Elements of Botany (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108076647)

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 rather than the Linnaean, Lindley published this 1841 work, the fourth edition of his Outline of the First Principles of Botany, under a new title to emphasise not only that it was 'much extended, and, it is hoped, improved', but also that it was a textbook for students of 'structural, physiological, systematical, and medical' botany. He defines the different elements of a plant, and provides a checklist for identification of plant families, before discussing the various 'natural' systems of classification, including his own, and the different practical uses of plants.

Author: John Lindley
ISBN-10: 1108076645
ISBN-13: 9781108076647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d