Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Treasury of Botany, Vol. 1 of 2: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; With Which Is Incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms
The style which has been aimed at. And as far as practicable realised, in the preparation of the several articles, is such that anyone, taking up the book in an idle hour, may be able to read a page without being reminded that he knows nothing about the plants which clothe our beautiful earth and such also as, it is hoped, will induce in him a desire to increase his know ledge concerning them.
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