The Universal Herbal

Author : Thomas Green
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265576182
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book The Universal Herbal, Or Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary, Vol. 1 written by Thomas Green and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Universal Herbal, or Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary, Vol. 1: Containing an Account of All the Known Plants in the World, Arranged According to the Linnean System; Specifying the Uses to Which They Are or May Be Applied, Whether as Food, as Medicine, or in the Arts and Manufactures A Class, is an assemblage of orders, having one or more characters in common, but retaining their specific distino tions; and as it stands at the top of the series, it seizes the most general and most widely - diffused resemblances, and comprehends the greatest number of particular differences. An Order, 1s a collection of genera connected together by one or more common characters; but, like the classes, still preserving their specific distinctions. A Genus, 13 an assemblage of species, which, as well as the classes and orders, have some one or more characters in common to connect them, and at the same time retain their specific distinctions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.