Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. The Errata have been implemented. Italics are represented thus _italic_, and bold thus =bold= . HISTORY OF BOTANY _SACHS_ London HENRY FROWDE [Illustration: Shield] OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E.C. HISTORY OF BOTANY (1530-1860) BY JULIUS VON SACHS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG _AUTHORISED TRANSLATION_ BY HENRY E. F. GARNSEY, M.A. _Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford_ REVISED BY ISAAC BAYLEY BALFOUR, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. _Professor of Botany in the University And Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh_ =Oxford= AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1890 [_All rights reserved_] =Oxford= PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY PREFACE.