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040 $aICU$cICU$dDLC
050 14 $aQK7$b.M6x 1778
100 1 $aMilne, Colin,$d1743 or 1744-1815.
245 12 $aA botanical dictionary, or, Elements of systematic and philosophical botany ... :$bthe whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge /$cby Colin Milne ...
250 $aThe second edition, with many additions, and illustrative plates.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for T. Lowndes ...,$c1778.
300 $a[456] p., [2] folded leaves of plates :$bill. ;$c19 cm. (12mo)
500 $aSignatures: pi² A-2E⁸ 2F².
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $a(from t.p.) I. Descriptions of the parts of plants--II. An explanation of the scientific terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnæus and other eminent botanists--III. A brief analysis of the principal systems used in botany--IV. A critical enquiry into the merits and defects of Linnæan method of arrangement, and distribution of the genera--V. Descriptions of the various tribes, or natural families of plants, their habit and structure, virtues, sensible qualities, and œconomical uses--VI. An impartial examination of the doctrine of the sex of plants--VII With a discussion of several curious questions of the vegetable œconomy, connected with gardening.
650 0 $aBotany$xDictionaries$xEarly works to 1800.
740 0 $aBotanical dictionary.
740 0 $aElements of systematic and philosophical botany.