THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM;

OR,

The Structure, Classification, and Uses of Plants,

ILLUSTRATED UPON THE NATURAL SYSTEM.

BY

JOHN LINDLEY, PH. D., F.R.S., & L.S.,

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, AND IN THE ROYAL INSTITUTION

OF GREAT BRITAIN.

BIBLIOTHECA

R. HORTI ROMANI

"Methodum intelligo naturæ convenientem quæ nec alienas species conjungit, nec cognatas
separat."-Raii Sylloge, præf., p. 15.

ORTO

WITH UPWARDS OF FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

BOTANIC

566

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY BRADBURY & EVANS,

WHITEFRIARS.

MDCCCXLVI.