Punch,  28 (1855), 209.

Scientific Definition by a Young Wife

Anon

Genre:

Notes, Drollery

Subjects:

Gender, Botany, Domestic Economy


    Defines 'Economic Botany' as buying 'three bad geraniums' with a husband's worn or unsightly clothes.



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