A scripture herbal / By Maria Callcott.

  • Maria Graham
Date:
1842
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A scripture herbal / By Maria Callcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in whose book we find the work of a cheerful active mind, allowing nothing to escape observation. His descriptions are consequently satisfactory, and the few figures he has given of rare plants are trustworthy as far as they go. Ksempfer’s agreeable Amcenitates Exoticce has fur- nished me with much instruction relative to the Oriental drugs and plants, especially the palm. Among more recent travellers I have read with great advantage Tournefort’s travels in the Levant, Bruce’s in Abyssinia, Dr. Russell’s history of Aleppo, and Sonnini’s account of the visit of the French s§a- vans to Egypt: and, of contemporary travellers, I have found Dr. Royle most to be depended upon, either for confirming old notions concerning the drugs of the East, or adding the weight of his testimony to those of more recent botanists, illustrated as his work is by beautiful coloured figures. From Mr. Loddiges’s curious collection of exotic plants, he kindly sent me specimens from which I have drawn three of my most interesting subjects. But were I to name every friend to whom I owe plants or prints to copy, and every book I have con- sulted, this notice would become unreasonably long. I must, however, mention two little modern books,
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