CHAPTER I.
THE INFANCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
Old fancies and notions about plants—Aristoteles, the first botanist—Theophrastus—Plinius—Dioscorides—Their lives, labours, and troubles 1
THE INFANCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
Old fancies and notions about plants—Aristoteles, the first botanist—Theophrastus—Plinius—Dioscorides—Their lives, labours, and troubles 1