 | George Bentham - 1861 - 640 pàgines
...other hand to avoid that prolixity of detail and overloading with technical terms which tends ratliur to confusion than clearness. In this he will be more...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. 6. The Plant, in its botanical eenee, includes every being which has vegetable... | |
 | George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller - 1863 - 596 pàgines
...the same writer is led on different occasions to give somewhat different meanings to the same word. The botanist's endeavours should always be, on the...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. . 6. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has... | |
 | George Bentham - 1865 - 608 pàgines
...the same writer is led on different occasions to give somewhat different meanings to the same word. The botanist's endeavours should always be, on the...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in Genera/. 6. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has vegetable... | |
 | sir Joseph Dalton Hooker - 1875 - 886 pàgines
...detail and overloading with technical terms which tends rather to confusion than clearness. In this be will be more or less successful. The aptness of a...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. 6. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has vegetable... | |
 | George Bentham - 1878 - 698 pàgines
...the same writer is led on different occasions to give somewhat different meanings to the same word. The botanist's endeavours should always be, on the...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. 6. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has vegetable... | |
 | William Hillebrand, William Francis Hillebrand - 1888 - 858 pàgines
...detail and ODTUÜK8 OF BOTAXY. XXXIII overloading with technical terms which tends rather to confuBipn than clearness. In this he will be more or less successful....always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. 6. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has regetable... | |
 | Asa Gray - 1889 - 426 pàgines
...that prolixity of detail and overloading with technical terms which tends rather to confusion than to clearness. In this he will be more or less successful....always vary with the style and genius of the author." These Outlines are throughout so well sketched, and so worthy to be regarded as of standard authority,... | |
 | Frederick Manson Bailey - 1899 - 406 pàgines
...the same writer is.led on different occasions to give somewhat different meanings to the same word. The botanist's endeavours should always be, on the...always vary with the style and genius of the author. § 1. The Plant in General. C. The Plant, in its botanical sense, includes every being which has regetable... | |
 | A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin, David Moresby Moore, D. M. Moore - 1987 - 1334 pàgines
...deficiencies and will doubtless be found to contain errors. As Bentham wrote nearly a hundred years ago ' the aptness of a botanical description, like the beauty...always vary with the style and genius of the author'. We should be most grateful if users of the book who detect any errors would inform us. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... | |
 | A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin, D. M. Moore - 1990 - 724 pàgines
...deficiencies and will doubtless be found to contain errors. As Bentham wrote nearly a hundred years ago 'the aptness of a botanical description, like the beauty of a work of imagination, will aways vary with the style and genius of the author'. We should be most grateful if users of the book... | |
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... different meanings to the same word. The botanist's endeavours should always be, on the one hand, to make as near an approach to precision as circumstances will allow, and, on the other hand, to avoid that prolixity of detail and overloading with... 
