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Wakefield, Priscilla, Roscoe, William. An introduction to botany, in a series of familiar letters, with illustrative engravings. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c. The first American from the fifth London edition. To which is added, an appendix, containing the celebrated Mr. Roscoe's Address to the proprietors of the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, on the utility and importance of botany; a catalogue of the English names and Linnaean genera of the plants described in this volume; and a glossary of technical terms.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20339, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20339. Accessed 2024-12-23.

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  author={Wakefield,Priscilla and Roscoe,William},
  year={1811},
  title={An introduction to botany, in a series of familiar letters, with illustrative engravings. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c. The first American from the fifth London edition. To which is added, an appendix, containing the celebrated Mr. Roscoe's Address to the proprietors of the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, on the utility and importance of botany; a catalogue of the English names and Linnaean genera of the plants described in this volume; and a glossary of technical terms.},
  publisher={Joshua Belcher \& James W. Burditt & Co. \& },
  address={Boston},    }

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