Excerpt from Hortus Kewensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, Vol. 1 of 3: Monandria-Heptandria When the younger Linnzeus was in England, in 17 8 I and 1782, he compofed a treatife on the Palms and Liliaceous Plants, extracts of which, as far as was thought likely to be ufeful to this Catalogue, he communicated to the Author; this Manufcript is quoted under the abbreviation of Linn. Fil. His death, which happened foon after his return to Sweden, prevented its publication, but it ...
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Excerpt from Hortus Kewensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, Vol. 1 of 3: Monandria-Heptandria When the younger Linnzeus was in England, in 17 8 I and 1782, he compofed a treatife on the Palms and Liliaceous Plants, extracts of which, as far as was thought likely to be ufeful to this Catalogue, he communicated to the Author; this Manufcript is quoted under the abbreviation of Linn. Fil. His death, which happened foon after his return to Sweden, prevented its publication, but it is in the poffeflion of Dr. James Edward Smith, of London, as are alfo the libraries and collections of both the Father and the Son. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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