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Identifier: historyofbritish00selb
Title: A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Selby, Prideaux John, 1788-1867
Subjects: Forests and forestry Trees
Publisher: London : J. van Voorst
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 582SE48H C001 A HISTORY OF BRITISH FOREST-TREES, INOIG 011 2 009966802
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ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY 200 ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW M.DCCC.XLII. • I 7 Si 4-6 h s£ / PREFACE. Whether a work upon the plan adopted by the Authorof the following pages be calculated to prove useful, orto supply a deficiency in the list of those works relatingto dendrology which we already possess, must be left tothe opinion and decision of that public to which hisvolume is now respectfully submitted. In claiming its – indulgence, and as some apology for the present attempt,he may, perhaps, be permitted to remark, that, of thevarious works which bear more or less directly upon thesubject, the majority differ in their scope and characterfrom the one which now solicits the patronage of thepublic. Most of these treatises are restricted in theirdesign, and are confined to certain departments of den-drology, and operations connected with the general cul- -Hure and management of Forest Trees, and do not enterupon the particular history, or any detailed account, ohistoryofbritish00selb
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