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. CUNNINGHAM. VOL. I. OXFORD. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR; SOLD BY J. H. PARKER; AND BY WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND CO. LONDON. THE object proposed in the present publication, is to supply the lovers of Botany with a set of Figures, which, the author trusts, may be relied on for accuracy, while every unnecessary expence will be avoided; and in order to reduce the work within moderate limits it will be confined to a single species of each Genus of British Flowering Plants, which will be sufficient for all general purposes. The want of such a work must be felt by every Student of Botany, and the author has been induced to undertake it, chiefly by the complaints of his Pupils, that they could make but little progress without such assistance. He feels confident that the liberality of the Public will repay him for the labour and expence which the work will require; and he has much pleasure in taking this opportunity of expressing his gratitude for the kind support he has already experienced. 66 The works principally made use of by the author in compiling the Generic and Specific Characters, and the Characters of the Natural Orders, are Sir J. E. Smith's " English Flora ;" Dr. Withering's "Botanical Arrangement of British Plants;" Dr. Hooker's "British Flora;" Dr. Lindley's "Introduction to the Natural System of Botany;" and "Synopsis of the British Flora;" and M. Richard's "Elements of Botany;" translated by W. Macgillvray A. M. &c. All of which may be considered as classical works with the Botanical Student. The latest publications on British Botany contain about 500 Genera of Flowering Plants; consequently the present work, agreeably to the plan adopted, will not exceed six volumes. Botanic Garden, Oxford, Feb. 25, 1834. |