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An eminent botanist and natural historian, George Simonds Boulger
(1853 1922) wrote a number of books on plant life in the British
Isles. First published in 1902, this manual explores the
characteristics and uses of one of the most abundant and versatile
natural materials. In the first part, Boulger outlines the general
biological function and uses of wood. He also describes the
classification of wood, and the durability of different timbers.
The second part catalogues the types of wood that are used
commercially. Boulger explains the distinguishing characteristics
and uses of hundreds of different kinds of timber, which are listed
alphabetically. Featuring 82 illustrations, the book also includes
appendices explaining some of the terminology and science of wood,
and a select bibliography. Boulger's work on economic botany, The
Uses of Plants (1889), is also reissued in the Cambridge Library
Collection."
An eminent botanist and natural historian, George Simonds Boulger
(1853 1922) wrote a number of books on plant life in the British
Isles. He published this concise work in 1889. It opens with a
brief survey of the progress made in economic botany over the
years, particularly in the period 1837 87. Boulger then notes the
commercial application of plants across many fields, notably food
production, medicine, and the building trade. Common and botanical
names are given, followed by succinct descriptions of each plant.
Including both a general and synoptical index, this accessible
resource can be read with profit alongside John Jackson's
Commercial Botany of the Nineteenth Century (1890) and Boulger's
Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications
of the Timbers of Commerce (1902), both of which are reissued in
this series."
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