The elements of botany : structural and physiological : with a sketch of the artificial modes of classification, and a glossary of technical terms / by John Lindley.

  • Lindley, John, 1799-1865.
Date:
1861
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    PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. The favourable opinion entertained of this Work having enabled it to reaeh a fifth edition, the Author has taken advantage of the opportunity thus afforded him of bringing it completely up to the present state of Botanical knowledge, without, however, inter- fering with its original plan, by the introduction of doubtful or merely speculative matter, or of questions which do not interest a student. It was in the outset a book for learners; its purpose was to state plainly and concisely the great facts of the science, and to separate them from the ulterior questions to which they lead; and, however much the work may have become extended by the addition of Explanatory Notes, the latter have never been permitted to appear in a form likely to divert attention from the main points. On the contrary, they have been printed in a dif- ferent type, which renders them immediately distinguishable, and enables the reader to go through the principal propositions with- out, in the first instance, occupying his thoughts with their detailed explanation. The Author^s experience teaches him that this is, in fact, the best course for the student to pursue. The student is thus able to