Key Information
Reference code
G/PP/1/60/2
Title
Notes, 1797, taken by Martin Tupper on botany lectures given by James Edward Smith, President of the Linnean Society
Date(s)
- 1797 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Lectures on botany by James Edward Smith MD FRS, President of the Linnaean Society, delivered in the theatre, Guy's Hospital, 1797' Manuscript volume of notes on 18 lectures taken by Martin Tupper. Lecture titles include: A general view of the three kingdoms of nature; vegetable anatomy; parts of a plant; the various effects of light upon plants; the seed vessels; the sexual system of plants; the Linnaean system; illustrations of the Linnaean classes and orders. 143pp