Popular Field Botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the Plants Most Common to the Various Localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems
Title
Popular Field Botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the Plants Most Common to the Various Localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems
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Popular Field Botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the Plants Most Common to the Various Localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems
Author
Catlow, Agnes
Original Source
London: Reeve & Co., 1852
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HathiTrust
Publication Date
1852
Date(s) of Reading
- 1857-03-23
- 1857-06-[?]
Evidence
1857-03-23: "23. So calm today, we could not hear the waves from our room in the morning. The sea is smooth as a lake. But there have been some hail showers, and the air is sharp. We had a delicious walk in the afternoon, clear running brooks everywhere; road-side carpeted with the heart shaped leaves of the celandine, the golden flowers peeping up here and there. I began to read Miss Catlow's Botany." Diary 1854-1861 67
1857-06-[?]: "We have had long rambles and long readings. But our choice of literature has been rather circumscribed in this out of the way place. The life of George Stephenson has been a real profit and pleasure. I have read Draper's Physiology aloud, for grave evening hours, and such books as Currer Bell's "Professor," Mde d'Auney's Mariage en Province and Miss Ferrier's "Marriage" for lighter food. The last, however, we found ourselves unable to finish, notwithstanding Miss Ferrier's high reputation. I have been getting a smattering of botany from Miss Catlow and from Dr. Thomson's little book on Wild Flowers, which have created at least a longing for something more complete on the subject." From Recollections of Jersey 1857. GEL 2: 369
1857-06-[?]: "We have had long rambles and long readings. But our choice of literature has been rather circumscribed in this out of the way place. The life of George Stephenson has been a real profit and pleasure. I have read Draper's Physiology aloud, for grave evening hours, and such books as Currer Bell's "Professor," Mde d'Auney's Mariage en Province and Miss Ferrier's "Marriage" for lighter food. The last, however, we found ourselves unable to finish, notwithstanding Miss Ferrier's high reputation. I have been getting a smattering of botany from Miss Catlow and from Dr. Thomson's little book on Wild Flowers, which have created at least a longing for something more complete on the subject." From Recollections of Jersey 1857. GEL 2: 369
Citation
Catlow, Agnes, Popular Field Botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the Plants Most Common to the Various Localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57536