The Miscellaneous Botanical Works of Robert Brown - Volume 1

The botanist Robert Brown (17731858) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in the advancement of plant science in the nineteenth century. After studying at Aberdeen and Edinburgh he made the acquaintance of Sir Joseph Banks via William Withering and in 1801 was appointed as naturalist on Matthew Flinders'' expedition to Australia. Brown made extensive collections of animals and minerals but his 3400 plant specimens from Australia Tasmania and Timor were the foundation of his work for the rest of his life as an active member of the Linnean Society as Banks''s librarian and as an under-librarian in the British Museum. This two-volume collection of his ''miscellaneous botanical works'' edited by John J. Bennett Brown''s assistant at the British Museum was published in 18667. It has not been possible to reissue the accompanying quarto volume of plates. Volume 1 contains ''Geographico-Botanical Memoirs'' and ''Structural and Physiological Memoirs''.