Books by John Lindley

John Lindley's 1829 classification of British plants, using the 'natural' system of the French botanist Jussieu, describes genera and species in English, using a uniform, standard vocabulary, and also offers tables showing the components of each genus, and indexes giving both Latin and English common names of the plants discussed.

In this 1830 work, important in the history of taxonomy, John Lindley (1799-1865) gives a 'systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom', as well as of the uses of plants 'in medicine, the arts, and rural or domestic economy'.

This two-volume work by botanist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) was published between 1834 and 1837. Lindley felt that there was a lack of books for people, especially women and girls, 'who would become acquainted with Botany as an amusement and a relaxation', and attempted to meet this need.

This 1847 work by John Lindley, intended to acquaint his countrymen with the 'systematic' classification of plants used in Europe, gives an overview of the various taxonomic systems used since that of John Ray, and goes on to define the vegetable kingdom in terms of classes and 'alliances' of plants.

The botanist John Lindley (1799-1865) collaborated with geologist and palaeontologist William Hutton (1797-1860) on this pioneering three-volume work of palaeobotany. First published between 1831 and 1837, it catalogues almost 300 species of plants from the Pleistocene to the Carboniferous period. Also included are contextual discussion and 230 plates.

John Lindley (1799-1865) was an English horticulturalist and taxonomist who wrote many influential works, both scientific and popular, about plants. His aim in this book, published in 1840, was to explain to the 'intelligent gardener, and the scientific amateur' the main principles of horticulture and plant physiology.