Edward Hitchcock classroom lecture notes, "Botany"

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Title:
Edward Hitchcock classroom lecture notes, "Botany"
Description:
Lecture notes by Edward Hitchcock on botany. Hitchcock discusses the plant anatomy, plant reproduction, plant classification, the geography of plants, things that affect plant health and growth, and poisonous plants. He includes a few pages of notes on [John] Lindley's "An Introduction to Botany" and discusses the Linnaean taxonomy system in depth. Interspersed throughout Hitchcock has made notes to himself to dissect or show different types of plants to demonstrate what he is presenting or to show classroom drawings.
Creator:
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Date:
[1826–1855]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Lecture notes
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 10 Folder 2 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Edward--1793-1864--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Botany--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Amherst
Extent:
1 item (122 pages) ; 26 cm
Link to Item:
http://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:277634
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes (date):
The notes are undated. Dates provided are taken from the dates of the series.
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Pagination includes blank page spreads which were not digitized.