A dictionary of the ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, most commonly cultivated in the plantations, gardens, and stoves, of Great-Britain : arranged according to their generic names, and containing full and accurate descriptions of the different genera and species, with the generic and specific names properly accented : at the end, is a copious index of gardeners and vulgar names, referring to their true titles in the dictionary, and the dictionary to a prefixed compendium of the sexual system, retaining all the circumstances necessary to a competent knowledge of the science of botany, and in which every genus contained in the dictionary is placed under its proper class and order, with its contracted character : chiefly intended for the use of the ladies, but proper for all who wish to amuse themselves with the study of plants, and to pronounce their names with propriety / by Charles Bryant.

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view A dictionary of the ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, most commonly cultivated in the plantations, gardens, and stoves, of Great-Britain : arranged according to their generic names, and containing full and accurate descriptions of the different genera and species, with the generic and specific names properly accented : at the end, is a copious index of gardeners and vulgar names, referring to their true titles in the dictionary, and the dictionary to a prefixed compendium of the sexual system, retaining all the circumstances necessary to a competent knowledge of the science of botany, and in which every genus contained in the dictionary is placed under its proper class and order, with its contracted character : chiefly intended for the use of the ladies, but proper for all who wish to amuse themselves with the study of plants, and to pronounce their names with propriety / by Charles Bryant.

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A dictionary of the ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants, most commonly cultivated in the plantations, gardens, and stoves, of Great-Britain : arranged according to their generic names, and containing full and accurate descriptions of the different genera and species, with the generic and specific names properly accented : at the end, is a copious index of gardeners and vulgar names, referring to their true titles in the dictionary, and the dictionary to a prefixed compendium of the sexual system, retaining all the circumstances necessary to a competent knowledge of the science of botany, and in which every genus contained in the dictionary is placed under its proper class and order, with its contracted character : chiefly intended for the use of the ladies, but proper for all who wish to amuse themselves with the study of plants, and to pronounce their names with propriety / by Charles Bryant. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Norwich : Printed and sold for the author by J. Bowen ... [and 2 others], [1790]

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14, 48+ pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

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Imperfect: lacking 'Dictionary' (alphabetical list following 'Compendium')

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