Alphabet of Botany, for the Use of Beginners (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Alphabet of Botany, for the Use of Beginners

I was about fifteen when I took my first botanical ramble with Withering's British Plants under my arm, and the fresh enthusiasm of youth to spur me onward in the path of knowledge. The day, I rocol lect, was one of the loveliest in what Coleridge so expressively calls the leafy month of June and I soon found a spot on the banks of the Ayr, where there were more flowers than it was possible for a mere beginner to master, even with a long summer's day at his command. I was delighted, however, to make out.

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