The botanic garden : a poem in two parts containing The economy of vegetation and The loves of the plants, with philosophical notes / by Erasmus Darwin

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Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
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BOTANIC GARDEN 2
BOTANIC GARDEN, A POEM, IN TWO PARTS 7
[Chapter heading not available] 9
TO THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM ON THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. 9
ADDRESS TO THE RIVER DARWENT, On whose Banks the Author of the Botanic Garden resides. 10
TO DR. DARWIN. 10
TO DR. DARWIN. 10
TO DR. DARWIN. 10
APOLOGY. 11
PROEM. 11
ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. 13
ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. 30
ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. 45
ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. 58
CONTENTS OF THE NOTES TO PART I. 73
ADDITIONAL NOTES. 77
NOTE II. —PRIMARY COLOURS. 79
NOTE lII.—COLOURED CLOUDS. 80
NOTE IV.—COMETS. 81
NOTE V—SUN’S RAYS. 81
NOTE VI.—CENTRAL FIRES. 82
NOTE VII.—ELEMENTARY HEAT. 83
NOTE VIII.—MEMNON’S LYRE. 84
NOTE IX.—LUMINOUS INSECTS. 85
NOTE X—PHOSPHORUS. 85
NOTE XI.—STEAM-ENGINE. 86
NOTE XII.—FROST. 87
NOTE XIII.—ELECTRICTY. 88
NOTE XIV.—BUDS AND BULBS. 89
NOTE XV.—SOLAR VOLCANOES. 90
NOTE XVI.—CALCAREOUS EARTH. 91
NOTE XVII—MORASSES. 92
NOTE XVIII.—IRON. 93
NOTE XIX.—FLINT. 95
NOTE XX.—CLAY. 99
NOTE XXI.—ENAMELS. 100
NOTE XXII.—PORTLAND VASE. 101
NOTE XXIII—COAL. 104
NOTE XXIV.—GRANITE. 106
NOTE XXV.—EVAPORATION. 108
NOTE XXVI—SPRINGS. 109
NOTE XXVII.—SHELL FISIL 110
NOTE XXIX—OIL ON WATER. 111
NOTE XXX—SHIP-WORM. 111
NOTE XXXII.—GLACIERS. 112
NOTE XXXI—MAELSTROM. 112
NOTE XXXIII—WINDS. 113
NOTE XXXIV. VEGETABLE PERSPIRATION. 120
NOTE XXXV. VEGETABLE PLACENTATION. 121
NOTE XXXVI. VEGETABLE CIRCULATION. 121
NOTE XXXVII. VEGETABLE RESPIRATION. 123
NOTE XXXVIII. VEGETABLE IMPREGNATION. 125
NOTE XXXIX. VEGETABLE GLANDULATION. 126
VISIT OF HOPE TO SIDNEY COVE, NEAR BOTANY BAY. 130
CONTENTS OF THE ADDITIONAL NOTES. 131
BOTANIC GARDEN 137
PREFACE. 139
LOVES OF THE PLANTS. 141
INTERLUDE. 155
LOVES OF THE PLANTS. 158
INTERLUDE 11. 166
LOVES OF THE PLANTS. 168
INTERLUDE III. 178
LOVES OF THE PLANTS. 182
ADDITIONAL NOTES. 194
AN ADDITION 199
FAIRY-SCENE FROM MR. MUNDY’S “NEEDWOOD FOREST,” 200
CATALOGUE OF THE POETIC EXHIBITION. 201
CONTENTS OF THE NOTES TO PART II. 203
INDEX OF THE NAMES OF THE PLANTS. 206
DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 208

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