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Excerpt from A Natural Arrangement of British Plants, According to Their Relations to Each Other, as Pointed Out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &C., Including Those Cultivated for Use, Vol. 1: With an Introduction to Botany, in Which the Terms Newly Introduced Are Explained
As to the economical or general use of botany, althou h it be of course more varied than the medical less need e said about it. Our houses are principally built and fur nished from the vegetable kingdom of nature; and this is also the case with ships and other vessels: plants furnish us with a very considerable part of our: clothing; this clothing, and the ornamental drapery of our houses, is dyed of Various colours by different ve etables. Hence the study'of that! Science which exhibits filese various uses cannot but be instructive to 'all.
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