Contributions Towards A Cybele Hibernica

Author : David Moore
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ISBN 13 : 9781332220182
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Contributions Towards a Cybele Hibernica written by David Moore and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions Towards a Cybele Hibernica: Being Outlines of the Geographical Distribution of Plants in Ireland In explanation of the title which we have adopted, as the name of Cybele may not, like that of Flora, be familiar to our readers, it win be well to premise that Cybele was worshipped formerly as the goddess of the Earth in Asia. Her name was first introduced in connexion with modern botany by Mr. H. C. Watson, who considered that it might appropriately express the distribution of plants upon the earth's surface, and who accordingly employed it as the title of his great work, "Cybele Britannica." The present work originated in a desire to furnish not only a revised list of the wild plants of Ireland, but also a classified summary of their localities. Thirty years having now elapsed since the publication of Mackay's "Flora Hibernica;" within which period many additions have been made to Irish Botany, many plants have become better known, and the range of others has been greatly extended. With the view of meeting the requirements of Geographical Botany, we have endeavoured to arrange our materials somewhat after the plan of Mr. Watson's "Cybele Britannica" (whence our title); and thus we hope that the details collected will be found methodized in such order as to be available to those who study the range of plants, while the traveller will also be able to use our book as a botanist's guide through Ireland. With three excellent and portable "Floras" in the hands of British Botanists, it has been thought unnecessary to draw up fresh descriptions of the Irish species; this would have too much increased the bulk of our volume without adding to its usefulness. And, as some additional species may be hereafter found in Ireland, we believe that the use of some book containing descriptions of the entire series of British plants will be found advantageous. 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.