MARTYN, Thomas.

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The Language of Botany: Being a Dictionary of the Terms Made Use of In that Science, Principally by Linneus [sic]: First edition. An early follower and proponent of Linnaean botany, Martyn was concerned that as the system became more well-known, the vernacular terminology used to refer to it would become corrupted and illogical. He here seeks to establish an English set of terms and "to fix our native Botanical Language on certain and reasonable principles, conformable to general analogy" (Preface). The chair of botany at Cambridge, Martyn (1735-1825) was the first to teach Linnaeus's system in an English university. The book is dedicated to James Edward Smith, the founder of the Linnean Society.

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