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PREFACE. xr
To the number of thofe friends who have
contributed their affiftances towards the pre-
fent work, I am happy to add the refped:a-
ble and celebrated names of Jofeph Banks
Efq; and Dr. Solande?^, the two great philo-
fophical luminaries of this nation; gentle-
men v/ho were ever ready to elucidate a
difficult fubjeifl, and who never fail'd to
difpel the obfcurity which furrounded any
dubious plant.
Nor will gratitude allow me to forget the
obligations I owe to the friendly indulgence
of Dr. Sibthorpe, ProfeiTor of Botany at Ox-
ford y who with great freedom and kindnefs
permitted me to examine Dr. Dilknius's ce-
lebrated collecftion of mofles now in his cuf-
tody, and thereby enabled me to folve many
doubts and difficulties among the numerous
fpecies of that minute tribe of vegetables.
Having now exhibited, as I propofed, a
fliort plan of the following work, and enu-
merated the various aids I received in the
execution of it, it may not be amifs briefly
to acquaint the reader, what were my own
preparative qualifications for the undertaking
7 It.
To the number of thofe friends who have
contributed their affiftances towards the pre-
fent work, I am happy to add the refped:a-
ble and celebrated names of Jofeph Banks
Efq; and Dr. Solande?^, the two great philo-
fophical luminaries of this nation; gentle-
men v/ho were ever ready to elucidate a
difficult fubjeifl, and who never fail'd to
difpel the obfcurity which furrounded any
dubious plant.
Nor will gratitude allow me to forget the
obligations I owe to the friendly indulgence
of Dr. Sibthorpe, ProfeiTor of Botany at Ox-
ford y who with great freedom and kindnefs
permitted me to examine Dr. Dilknius's ce-
lebrated collecftion of mofles now in his cuf-
tody, and thereby enabled me to folve many
doubts and difficulties among the numerous
fpecies of that minute tribe of vegetables.
Having now exhibited, as I propofed, a
fliort plan of the following work, and enu-
merated the various aids I received in the
execution of it, it may not be amifs briefly
to acquaint the reader, what were my own
preparative qualifications for the undertaking
7 It.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides > Volume 1 > (21) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79187484 |
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| Description | Vol. I. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153 |
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| Description | By John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.) |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153-154 |
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| Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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