 | Benjamin Stillingfleet - 1811 - 480 pàgines
...examined every plant recorded in his work, and even gathered most of them. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy, and if the clearness and precision of other authors had equalled his own, he would scarcely have committed an error. In tracing the Botanical History of British Plants,... | |
 | 1816 - 534 pàgines
...work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accufacy ; and if the clearness and precision of other authors...Nature herself, though he sometimes misapprehends the had figures, or lame descriptions, he was obliged to consult. Above a hundred species are added, in... | |
 | 1816 - 536 pàgines
...gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy ; and if tjie clearness and precision of other authors had equalled...Nature herself, though he sometimes misapprehends the bud figures, or lame descriptions, he was obliged to consult Above a hundred species are added, in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pàgines
...of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy ; and if the clearness , i and precision of other authors had equalled his, he...Nature herself, though he sometimes misapprehends the had figures, or lame descriptions, he was obliged to consult. Above a hundred species are added, in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 pàgines
...work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy j and if the clearness and precision of other authors...him in a mistake or misconception respecting Nature herselfi though he sometimes misapprehends the bad figures, or lame descriptions, he was obliged to... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 pàgines
...plant recorded in the work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy ; and if the clearness and...or lame descriptions he was obliged to consult."* The second edition, above referred to, was published in • Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 2771696, with the... | |
 | 1838 - 542 pàgines
...plant recorded in his work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy ; and if the clearness and...equalled his, he would scarcely have committed an error." Ray's ' Methodus Plantarum Nova,' first published in 1682, has been superseded by other systems ; but... | |
 | George Luxford, Edward Newman - 1844 - 554 pàgines
...plant recorded in this work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonymes with consummate accuracy, and if the clearness and...equalled his, he would scarcely have committed an error." His publications on the various departments ol Zoology have established his high reputation as a philosophical... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1846 - 244 pàgines
...plant recorded in his work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy; and if the clearness and...figures or lame descriptions he was obliged to consult." (Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 4, 277.) Above a hundred species are added in this second edition, and the cryptogamic... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1847 - 876 pàgines
...every plant therein recorded, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy ; and if the clearness and...nature herself, though he sometimes misapprehends the had figures, or lame descriptions, he was obliged to consult.'' An addition of above one hundred species... | |
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Synopsis' is the most perfect that ever came under our observation. " He examined every plant recorded in his work, and even gathered most of them himself. He investigated their synonyms with consummate accuracy; and if the clearness and precision of... 
