THE 
LIFE OF A TREE; 
BEING A 
HISTORY OF THE PHENOMENA OF VEGETATION 
FROM THE 
SEED TO THE DEATH OF THE PLANT. 
FUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 
COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, 
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 
CHRISTIAN ENOWLEDGE, 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR THE 
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE: 
a 
SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 
GREAT QUEEN-STREET, LINCOLN’S-INN FIELDS, AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE: 
AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 
1849. 
