The London Journal of Botany, Vol. 1: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as Recommend Themselves by Their Novelty, Rarity, History, or ... Engraved Plates (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Hooker, William Jackson

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ISBN 10: 1333091753 ISBN 13: 9781333091750

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The London Journal of Botany, Vol. 1: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as Recommend Themselves by Their Novelty, Rarity, History, or Uses; With Twenty-Three Engraved Plates

The spur of the Blue Ridge, from which the picturesque Table Mountain rises like a tower, is called by Mr. Nuttall the Catawba Ridge. 1 am informed, however, by Mr. Curtis, who is intimately acquainted with this region, that it is not known by that name, but called the Table Mountain Ridge. Its base is not washed by the Catawba River, but by its tributary, the Linville.

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Excerpt from The London Journal of Botany, Vol. 1: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as Recommend Themselves by Their Novelty, Rarity, History, or Uses; With Twenty-Three Engraved Plates

In the winter Of 1816, Mr. Nuttall crossed the mountains of North Carolina from the west, ascending the French Broad River (along the banks Of which he found his Philadelphus hirsute, to Asheville, passing the Blue Ridge, and exploring the Table Mountain, where he discovered Hudsonia aontana, &c., and collected many other rare and interesting plants.

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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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1333091753
• ISBN 13: 9781333091750
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 684
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