﻿HOW 
  TO 
  USE 
  THE 
  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  3 
  

  

  Referring 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  genus, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  

   one 
  species 
  and 
  that 
  one 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  hand. 
  

   It 
  is 
  therefore 
  Convallaria 
  majalis, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  (as 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  the 
  L. 
  which 
  follows 
  it) 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  

   Swedish 
  naturalist, 
  Linnaeus. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  does 
  not 
  believe 
  in 
  spending 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  

   time 
  of 
  a 
  class 
  upon 
  identifying 
  species, 
  but 
  would 
  rather 
  

   recommend 
  comparative 
  studies 
  of 
  as 
  many 
  plants 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  

   as 
  are 
  accessible, 
  and 
  making 
  these 
  studies 
  thorough 
  enough 
  

   to 
  bring 
  out 
  fully 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  the 
  genus, 
  and 
  the 
  

   species. 
  2 
  The 
  descriptions 
  in 
  this 
  flora 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  

   check 
  on 
  the 
  cruder 
  ones 
  which 
  the 
  pupil 
  is 
  first 
  to 
  frame 
  for 
  

   himself. 
  

  

  1 
  It 
  will 
  greatly 
  simplify 
  matters 
  if 
  the 
  teacher 
  throughout 
  selects 
  for 
  

   examination 
  only 
  such 
  species 
  as 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  flora. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  teacher 
  will 
  find 
  abundant 
  suggestions 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  course 
  in 
  Spalding's 
  

   Introduction 
  to 
  Botany, 
  pp. 
  152-260. 
  

  

  