ELEMENTS 



OF THE 



PHILOSOPHY OF PLANTS 



CONTAINING 



THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC BOTANY; 



NOMENCLATURE, THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION, PHYTOGRAPHY ; 



ANATOMY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, 



AND DISEASES OF PLANTS : 



WITH A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE, AND 

 PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 

 « 



V. .'- i-. ■ • 



A. P. DECANDOLLE and K. SPRENGEL. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



EDINBURGH: 



PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH ; 

 AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. 



1821. 



