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' 



A. P. DECANDOLLE and K. SPRENGEL. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN. 



EDINBURGH: 



PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; 

 AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. 



1821. 



