The Vegetable World, being a history of plants, with their botanical descriptions and peculiar properties [?]
Title
The Vegetable World, being a history of plants, with their botanical descriptions and peculiar properties [?]
Text Read
The Vegetable World, being a history of plants, with their botanical descriptions and peculiar properties [?]
Author
Figuier, Louis
Original Source
New York: Appleton & Co., 1867
Publication Date
1867
Date(s) of Reading
- 1869-07-16
Evidence
"July 16. Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litterature du Midi", for Roman de Rose, and ran through the first chapter, about the formation of the Romance Languages. Read about the Thallogens and Acrogens in "the Vegetable World". Drayton's Nymphidia - a charming poem. A few pages of his Polyolbion. Re-read Grote v-vii on Sicilian affairs down to rise of Dionysius." Diary 1861-1877 136
Citation
Figuier, Louis, The Vegetable World, being a history of plants, with their botanical descriptions and peculiar properties [?], 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/57782