An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White].

  • John White
Date:
1808
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Credit: An essay on the indigenous grasses of Ireland / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. XI1IL been made in the natural erasses, as well as in the other indigenous herbage. So anxious are Gentlemen to acquire a knowledge of the true grasses, that they wait impatiently for the time when the subject of this most useful tribe is discussed by the Professor* appointed by that spirited body of Noblemen and Gentlemen, the Dublin Society. The subject is handled in a manner which reflects equal honor on_ the Gentleman himself and on the Dublin Society; the talents and information which he displays, amply justify the choice which they have made. We may. shortly expect to have some valuable additions made to the knowledge of our indigenous plants; as the taste for Botany is becoming very general, and is pursued by some with ardour and ‘with effect. Trinity * Walter Wade, Psq. M.D. M.L.S. &c. &c.
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