Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East-Indies and other distant countries, in a state of vegetation: : together with a catalogue of such foreign plants as are worthy of being encouraged in our American colonies, for the purposes of medicine, agriculture, and commerce. To which is added, the figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dionaea muscipula: or, Venus's fly-trap

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East-Indies and other distant countries

By

Ellis, John, 1710?-1776

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, printed, and sold by L. Davis, printer to the Royal Society, opposite Gray's-Inn, Holborn, MDCCLXX [1770]

Notes

Directions for captains of ships, sea surgeons, and other curious persons, who collect seeds and plants in distant countries, in what matter t o preserve them fit for vegetation (p. 1-21. 1 plate). -- The following catalogue of such plants as deserve the particular attention of our American colonies, are here exhibited in one view, ... (p. 22-33). -- A botanical description of the Dionaea muscipula, or Venus's fly-trap. A newly-discovered sensitive plant: In a letter to Sir Charles Linnaeus, ... From John Ellis, ... (p. [35]-41. 1 col. plate)

Text partly printed in 4 columns (p. 22-33)

Signatures: [A]² ([A]1+B-F⁴) ([A]1 verso, F1 verso, F2 verso, [A]2 verso blank)

Two unnumbered plates; of these, the illustration of the Venus's flytrap is handcolored.

Hunt botanical cat., | 606.

Higgs, H. Bib. of economics, | 4866.

Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., | 3: 681.

English short title catalogue | T031864.

Subjects

America , Colonies , Great Britain , Imprint 1770 , Packing , Plant introduction , Plants , Seeds , Transportation , Venus's flytrap

Call Number

SB117 .E4

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.168739
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/11016036