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A HISTOKY 



OF 



THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM; 



EMBRACIXO 



THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS, 



THEIR USES TO MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS, 



AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE 



ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



By WILLIAM RHIND, 



LECTURER. ON BOTANY, MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDlilEN. 



ILLUSTRATED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FIGURES. 





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LONDON: 



BLACKIE AND SON: PATERNOSTER ROWL- 

 AND GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH. 



MDCCCLXVI. 



