Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany

Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany
ISBN-10
133036659X
ISBN-13
9781330366592
Category
Science
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2015-06-17
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Royal Botanic Gardens

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Excerpt from Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany The collections occupy three separate buildings. Museum No. I. overlooks the Ornamental Water, and is directly opposite to the Palm House. Museum No. II. is at the northern end of the Herbaceous ground, three minutes walk from No. I. Museum No. III., devoted chiefly to specimens of Timber and large articles unsuited for exhibition in the glazed cases of the other Museums, occupies the building formerly known as the Orangery, at the northern extremity of the Broad Walk leading to the Ornamental Water and Palm House. The Annexe contains the Gymnosperm3. The Object of the Museums is to show the practical applications of Botanical Science. They teach us to appreciate the general relations of the Vegetable World to man. We learn from them the sources of the innumerable products furnished by the Vegetable Kingdom for our use and convenience, whether as articles of food, of construction and application in the arts, of medicine, or curiosity. They suggest new channels for our industry: they show us the variety in form and structure presented by plants, and are a means of direct instruction in most important branches of useful knowledge. We see from them the particular points upon which further information is needed, especially as to the origin of many valuable timbers, fibres, and drugs, in order to perfect our knowledge of economic botany; in brief, the Museums show us how little, as well as how much, we know of the extent to which herbs, shrubs, and trees contribute to our necessities, comforts, and numberless requirements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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