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The botanic garden, a poem

In two parts. Part I. Containing The economy of Vegetation, Part II. The Loves of the plants. With philosophical notes. The fourth edition. [by Erasmus Darwin]
Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
  
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TO THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM ON THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
Address to the River Derwent, on whose Banks the Author of the Botanic Garden resides.
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THE BOTANIC GARDEN.
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PART I. CONTAINING THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION
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PART II. CONTAINING THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS

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It Ver, et Venus; et Veneris prænuncius ante
Pennatus graditur Zephyrus vestigia propter;
Flora quibus mater, præspergens ante viai
Cuncta, coloribus egregiis et odoribus opplet.
Lucret.

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