CONTENTS:- 1. The Early History of Botany 2. The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century) 3. The Early History of Herbal 4. The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 5. The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description 6. The Evolution of Plant Classification 7. The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration 8. The Doctrine of Signatures, and Astrological Botany Conclusions
