Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &C (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mrs. Almira H. Lincoln

 
9781528001595: Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &C (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

This book is an early 19th-century guide to botany for women. The author, Mrs. Almira H. Lincoln, was a teacher at the Troy Female Seminary and wrote this book as a resource for her students. The book provides an introduction to botany as a science, and explains the methods of plant classification developed by Carl Linnaeus. Lincoln also provides detailed descriptions of the different parts of plants and their functions, and includes a section on the medicinal properties of plants. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about botany, and provides an accessible and engaging overview of the subject.

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