Flora Hibernica Comprising The Flowering Plants Ferns Characeae Musci Hepaticae Lichenes And Algae Of Ireland Arranged According To The Natural System With A Synopsis Of The Genera According To The Linnaean System By James Townsend Mackay

Author : James Townsend MacKay
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ISBN 13 : 9781331981435
Total Pages : 682 pages
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Download or read book Flora Hibernica written by James Townsend MacKay and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Flora Hibernica: Comprising the Flowering Plants Ferns Characeae Musci Hepaticae Lichenes and Algae of Ireland, Arranged According to the Natural System With a Synopsis of the Genera, According to the Linnaean System It has been matter of complaint that the history of the natural productions of Ireland has hitherto been neglected; but when all circumstances are considered, it will appear that the censure it one of too great seventy. We have no means of ascertaining to what extent a knowledge of plants was possessed in ancient times by the Celtic inhabitants of the country; but when we are told that the Irish language is rich in names of plants, and also that the names of the letters of the Irish alphabet are taken from vegetable productions, it will be admitted, that, even in periods of remote antiquity, the study of plants was not altogether neglected: nor is this at all surprising, since it is well known that the surface of Ireland formerly presented a very different aspect with regard to vegetation than its present features would lead us to suspect Formerly Ireland might have been considered as one vast forest - a circumstance to which it was perhaps indebted for what we are informed, was one of its most ancient names (Innit Fiodh, or Woody Island.) The former existence of extensive forests is not a matter of vague tradition; it is attested by the remains of pines, Of Its, yews, &c. which are found in all our bogs in prodigious quantity, and by the undoubted fact that many of these forests existed until a comparatively recent period; and some of them are described by Dr. Boates, who wrote in 1659, as then existing. 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."