THE BOTANIC GARDEN;

APOLOGY.

TO THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM ON THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. BY THE REV. W.B. STEPHENS.

THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. CANTO I.

THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. CANTO II.

THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. CANTO III.

THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. CANTO IV.

CONTENTS OF THE NOTES. CANTO I.

CANTO II.

CANTO III.

CANTO IV.

ADDITIONAL NOTES. NOTE I. METEORS.

NOTE II. PRIMARY COLOURS.

NOTE III. COLOURED CLOUDS.

NOTE IV. COMETS.

NOTE V. SUN'S RAYS.

NOTE VI. CENTRAL FIRES.

NOTE VII. ELEMENTARY HEAT.

NOTE VIII. MEMNON'S LYRE.

NOTE IX. LUMINOUS INSECTS.

NOTE X. PHOSPHORUS.

NOTE XI. STEAM-ENGINE.

NOTE XII. FROST.

NOTE XIII. ELECTRICITY

NOTE XIV. BUDS AND BULBS.

NOTE XV. SOLAR VOLCANOS.

NOTE XVI. CALCAREOUS EARTH.

NOTE XVII. MORASSES.

NOTE XVIII. IRON.

NOTE XIX. FLINT.

NOTE XX. CLAY.

NOTE XXI. ENAMELS.

NOTE XXII. PORTLAND VASE.

NOTE XXIII. COAL

NOTE XXIV. GRANITE.

NOTE XXV. EVAPORATION.

NOTE XXVI. SPRINGS

NOTE XXVII. SHELL FISH.

NOTE XXVIII. STURGEON.

NOTE XXIX. OIL ON WATER.

NOTE XXX. SHIP-WORM.

NOTE XXXI. MAELSTROM.

NOTE XXXII. GLACIERS.

NOTE XXXIII. WINDS.

NOTE XXXIV. VEGETABLE PERSPIRATION.

NOTE XXXV. VEGETABLE PLACENTATION.

NOTE XXXVI VEGETABLE CIRCULATION.

NOTE XXXVII VEGETABLE RESPIRATION.

NOTE XXXVIII. VEGETABLE IMPREGNATION.

NOTE XXXIX. VEGETABLE GLANDULATION.

CONTENTS OF THE ADDITIONAL NOTES. NOTE I . . . METEORS.

Title: The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation

Author: Erasmus Darwin

Language: English

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