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FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS - SNAKE'S HEAD 2

BRITISH

PHÆNOGAMOUS BOTANY

OR,

FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS

OF THE GENERA

OF

BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS.

BY W. BAXTER, A. L. S. F. H. S. &c.

CURATOR OF THE OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN.

There is a lesson in each flower,
A story in each stream and bower,
On every herb on which you tread
Are written words which rightly read,
Will lead you from earth's fragrant sod
To hope, and holiness, and God.

A. CUNNINGHAM.

VOL. I.

OXFORD.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR ;

SOLD BY J. H. PARKER;

AND BY WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND CO. LONDON.

1834.