An Arrangement of British Plants

work by Withering

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  • Withering, William
    In William Withering: Botanical works

    Withering’s later work, An Arrangement of British Plants (1787–92), was designed to show amateur botanists, many of whom were young women, the utility of the Linnaean classification system. In addition, this work introduced his specially designed field microscope, which subsequently became known as the Withering botanical microscope.

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