TREES AND THEIR NATURE;

OR,

THE BUD AND ITS ATTRIBUTES:

IN A SERIES OF

LETTERS TO HIS SONS,

BY

ALEXANDER HARVEY, A.M. M.D.

MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHAMPTON; LATE PHYSICIAN TO THE ABERDEEN ROYAL
INFIRMARY; AND FORMERLY LECTURER, SOMETIME ON THE INSTITUTES,

AND AFTERWARDS ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.

Mustrated with Engravings.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET AND CO. 21 BERNERS STREET.

MDCCCLVI.

191. c. 64.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,

PAUL'S WORK.

OTHE

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WILLIAM PULTENEY ALISON,

M.D., EDIN.; D.C.L., OXON. ;

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH;

FIRST PHYSICIAN TO HER MAJESTY IN SCOTLAND;

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH;

FELLOW AND LATE PRESIDENT OF

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH;
ETC., ETC., ETC.

These Letters are Inscribed,

IN

TESTIMONY OF PROFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE WORTH, AND AS AN EXPRESSION

OF PERSONAL REGARD,

BY

THE AUTHOR.