Ladies' Botany: Volume 2
Or, a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany
Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture Series

The horticulturalist John Lindley (1799?1865) worked for Sir Joseph Banks, and was later instrumental in saving the Royal Horticultural Society from financial disaster. He was a prolific author of works for gardening practitioners but also for a non-specialist readership, and many of his books have been reissued in this series. The first volume of this two-volume work was published in 1834, and the second in 1837. At a time when botany was regarded as the only science suitable for study by women and girls, Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for 'those who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need. In the second volume of 'this little work', Lindley continues to introduce new 'tribes' of plants, including exotica such as mangoes and Venus fly traps, to his lady correspondent and her children.

26. Preliminary; 27. Pistuil; 28. The pittosporum tribe; 29. The mignonette tribe; 30. The cactus tribe; 31. The begonia tribe; 32. The lythrum tribe; 33. The tamarisk tribe; 34. Venus' fly-trap; 35. The horse-chesnut tribe; 36. The houseleek tribe; 37. The buck-thorn tribe; 38. The flax tribe; 39. The buckwheat tribe; 40. The mezereum tribe; 41. The primrose tribe; 42. The Greek valerian tribe; 43. The madder tribe; 44. The jasmine tribe; 45. The birthwort tribe; 46. Pitcher-plants; 47. The water plantain tribe; 48. The ripe fruit of a mango; 49. A systematic arrangement of plants; 50. The natural order to which a given plant belongs; Appendix; Index.