The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 408
... plants . Historically , England's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are most famous for their collecting expeditions and the distribu- tion of economic plants to parts of the world where they could be grown most successfully . Kew is ...
... plants . Historically , England's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are most famous for their collecting expeditions and the distribu- tion of economic plants to parts of the world where they could be grown most successfully . Kew is ...
Page 409
... plant life , including trees . Also in- cluded within its scope are plant classification , plant diseases , and the interactions of plants with their physical environment . Over the years various specialized branches of botany have ...
... plant life , including trees . Also in- cluded within its scope are plant classification , plant diseases , and the interactions of plants with their physical environment . Over the years various specialized branches of botany have ...
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... plants . Classification is based primarily on the floral characteristics , as among flowering plants in general . More than half of the species belong to the family Len- tibulariaceae ( order Scrophulariales ) , marked by bilaterally ...
... plants . Classification is based primarily on the floral characteristics , as among flowering plants in general . More than half of the species belong to the family Len- tibulariaceae ( order Scrophulariales ) , marked by bilaterally ...
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Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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