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A HISTORY

OF

THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM;

EMBRACING

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS,

WITH

THEIR USES TO MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS,

AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE

ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

BY WILLIAM RHIND,

LECTURER ON BOTANY, MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.

ILLUSTRATED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FIGURES.

BLACKIE AND SON:

FREDERICK STREET, GLASGOW; SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, EDINBURGH;

AND WARWICK SQUARE, LONDON.

MDCCCLVII.