Alphabet of Botany, for the Use of Beginners (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James Rennie

9780267969982: Alphabet of Botany, for the Use of Beginners (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267969988 ISBN 13: 9780267969982

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I was about fifteen when I took my first botanical ramble with Withering's British Plants under my arm, and the fresh enthusiasm of youth to spur me onward in the path of knowledge. The day, I rocol lect, was one of the loveliest in what Coleridge so expressively calls the leafy month of June and I soon found a spot on the banks of the Ayr, where there were more ﬂowers than it was possible for a mere beginner to master, even with a long summer's day at his command. I was delighted, however, to make out.

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