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211:(1780–1861) and his wife Anne Carmichael-Smyth (née Becher, formerly Thackeray, 1792–1864). Mrs. Browning described Fitton in 1851 as "an elderly woman, shrewd and kind", "unmarried, & rich, & by no means young, who has called on us—& there seems to be a good deal in her".
135:. The book focuses on the identification and use of plants in a domestic setting, and influenced the popularity of botany as a field of scientific study for women. Color engravings differ between editions of the book.
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Torrens, H. S.; Browne, Janet (2004). "Fitton, William Henry (1780–1861)".
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Little By Little, A Series Of
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Household Words: A Weekly
Journal 1850-1859 Conducted by Charles Dickens
602:. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 89–93.
726:. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press. p. 270.
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Sarah Fitton died in Paris on 30 March 1874 at 15 rue Ville l'Evêque.
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in honour of the Fitton sisters in 1865. Then in 1913, botanist
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The Four
Seasons: A short account of the structure of plants
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127:. Assisted by her sister Elizabeth, Sarah Fitton wrote
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159:. In 1817, Sarah and Elizabeth Fitton published
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1008:Fitton, Sarah Mary; Fitton, Elizabeth (1840).
650:Fitton, Sarah Mary; Fitton, Elizabeth (1817).
522:Fitton, Sarah Mary; Fitton, Elizabeth (1817).
618:"The Inspiring Story of William Henry Fitton"
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435:named a genus of perennial flowering shrubs
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671:. Oxford University Press.
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893:"Conversations on botany"
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261:The earliest editions of
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