The Botanic Garden. Part II. - Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. - With Philosophical Notes.

Project Gutenberg's The Botanic Garden. Part II., by Erasmus DarwinThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing The Loves of the Plants. A Poem. With Philosophical Notes.Author: Erasmus DarwinRelease Date: January 11, 2004 [EBook #10671]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOTANIC GARDEN. PART II. ***Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders[Illustration: FLORA at Play with CUPID.]THEBOTANIC GARDEN.PART II.CONTAININGTHE LOVES OF THE PLANTS.A POEM.WITHPHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.VOLUME THE SECOND.VIVUNT IN VENEREM FRONDES; NEMUS OMNE PER ALTUM FELIX ARBOR AMAT; NUTANT AD MUTUA PALMÆ FÆDERA, POPULEO SUSPIRATPOPULUS ICTU, ET PLATANI PLATANIS, ALNOQUE ASSIBILAT ALNUS.CLAUD. EPITH.THE SECOND EDITION.LONDON:PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS,FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD. M, DCC, XC.ADVERTISEMENT.The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science, and to lead her votariesfrom the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter ones, which form the ratiocination ofphilosophy. While their particular design is to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of BOTANY; by ...