Excerpt from Flora Di?tetica: Or, History of Esculent Plants: Both Domestic and Foreign; In Which They Are Accurately Described, and Reduced to Their Linn?n Generic and Specific Names; With Their English Names Annexed, and Ranged Under Eleven General Heads
Whether we view Mankind in a natural or civilized state, we shall find that the principal part of his daily food, and also most of the articles necessary to his comfortable enjoyment of Life, are drawn from the vegetable kingdom; every endeavour therefore to point out with precision and accuracy the Species of Plants, immediately adapted to the use of man, must carry with it its own recommendation; for, by furnishing him with the means of distinguishing the different Species of plants clearly, he is thereby enabled to choose such as are most wholesome, and best suited to his palate and constitution, and of rejecting such as are disagreeable and hurtful.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Flora Di?tetica