The anatomy of plants : $b With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society
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The anatomy of plants by Nehemiah Grew is a scientific treatise written in the late 17th century. It lays out a systematic, microscope-aided account of plant structure and life processes, contending that plants possess organized internal “organs” and mechanical operations comparable to those of animals. The work’s aim is a “philosophical history” of plants that connects anatomy, sap flow, and the sensory qualities of colors, odors, and tastes to their faculties and practical uses in medicine, cultivation, and the arts.
The opening of this treatise presents a transcriber’s note on editorial choices and a helpful contents overview, followed by the Royal Society’s endorsement and a dedication to the monarch asserting the novelty and wonder of plant microstructure. Grew’s preface recounts how lecture work grew into a larger project, how peers in the Royal Society encouraged and licensed it, how it stood alongside Malpighi’s parallel studies, and how he combined naked-eye inspection with m
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