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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to Botany |
| Author | John Lindley |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 May 2006 |
| Length | 594 pages |
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