The English Flora; Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Smith, James Edward; Hooker, William Jackson; Berkeley, Miles Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1148982264 ISBN 13 : 9781148982267

Editeur : Nabu Press, 2010

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Présentation de l'éditeur

That the learned and estimable author of the preceding volumes of theE nglish Flora, had it in his expectation, as well as in his contemplation, himself to bring his work to a conclusion, is a point too much in accordance with the general principles of human nature for any one to entertain a doubt upon the subject. The awful memento of our great moral poet, that all men think all men mortal but themselves, is daily exemplified before the eyes of every one of us; but seldom more forcibly illustrated by the examples of any men, than of those engaged in literary labours; and, among these, it would be difficult to find a more striking instance of the wide difference between human intentions and performances, than in the case of my excellent friend, in reference to the present work. He was arrested by the hand of death, as his amiable and affectionate biographer has told us, on the very day he received from his printer the last sheet of the IV th Volume, in completing which, he had finished his portion of the task that had been particularly the object of his studies throughout life, and regarding which, it may most justly be said, that he was not only eminently qualified to perform it, but even more so than any other living Botanist. What lay before him was of a very different character: it consisted of tribes of plants, minute, ill understood, full of difficulties, and. in many instances, more perplexed than elucidated by the labours of his predecessors. Yd still, as I have observed, it was big intention to complete his task; and, what is Little known, the very last note from his pen, connected with any scientific subject, was a declaration of this intention.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Flora, first used by Linders andR uppius, early in tlie eighteenth century, to designate an account of the native plants of some particular country, has become popular in theL innaean school of Botany, and is now universally adopted. Books bearing this title are almost innumerable, while their scope and their merits are equally various. Some are little more than catalogues of names ;others are elaborate histories of the vegetable productions of particular districts, more or less extensive; and many are illustrated with figures of the several species, or at least of those requiring particular elucidation. The utility of such publications has been much controverted ;but it depends, like that of other works, on the excellence of their plan and execution. A mere list of the plants of any country, if accurate and complete, has its appropriate value ;more especially when it contains the discriminative characters by which such plants may be ascertained. But a Flora may also be made a vehicle for the natural, medical, and economical history of a country, like the Flora Lapponica of Linnaeus; though such objects cannot with propriety enter into the plan of a Floya of any highly improved or well-known region.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nabu Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1148982264
• ISBN 13: 9781148982267
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
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• Personne responsable: non disponible