Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
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MAKERS OF BRITISH BOTANY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
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ROBERT MORISON AND JOHN RAY
NEHEMIAH GREW
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STEPHEN HALES
Assimilation.
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JOHN HILL
His attack on the Royal Society.
Anatomy.
Physiology.
Taxonomy.
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ROBERT BROWN
SIR WILLIAM HOOKER
JOHN STEVENS HENSLOW
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JOHN LINDLEY
Introduction.
Outline of Career.
Lindley and Kew.
Publications. "The Theory and Practice of Horticulture."
"The Vegetable Kingdom" and "The Botanical Register."
Orchids.
Personal Characteristics.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH
ARTHUR HENFREY
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WILLIAM HENRY HARVEY
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MILES JOSEPH BERKELEY
Systematic Mycology.
Morphology and Literature.
Plant Pathology.
SIR JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT
WILLIAM CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON
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HARRY MARSHALL WARD
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A SKETCH OF THE PROFESSORS OF BOTANY IN EDINBURGH FROM 1670 UNTIL 1887
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SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER
INDEX
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