ELEMENTS

OF THE

PHILOSOPHY OF PLANTS :

CONTAINING

t

THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC BOTANY;

v

NOMENCLATURE, THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION, PHYTOGRAPHYANATOMY, CHEMISTRY , PHYSIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY,

AND DISEASES OF PLANTS :

WITH A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE, ANDPRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY

A. P. DECANDOLLE and K. SPRENGEL.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH ;AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON .

1821 .